The London Book of English VerseEyre & Spottiswoode, 1949 - 874 pages |
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Page 264
... dead ; dead is my friend ; dead is the world's delight . Place pensive wails his fall whose presence was her pride , Time crieth out , ' My ebb is come ; his life was my spring tide . ' Fame mourns in that she lost the ground of her ...
... dead ; dead is my friend ; dead is the world's delight . Place pensive wails his fall whose presence was her pride , Time crieth out , ' My ebb is come ; his life was my spring tide . ' Fame mourns in that she lost the ground of her ...
Page 271
... dead , Gone to his death - bed , All under the willow - tree . See ! the white moon shines on high , Whiter is my true love's shroud , Whiter than the morning sky , Whiter than the evening cloud . My love is dead , Gone to his death ...
... dead , Gone to his death - bed , All under the willow - tree . See ! the white moon shines on high , Whiter is my true love's shroud , Whiter than the morning sky , Whiter than the evening cloud . My love is dead , Gone to his death ...
Page 781
... dead , the dead ! Lie two in a grave , and to bed , to bed ! SIR WILLIAM D'AVENANT 654 Nano's Song Fools , they are the only nation Worth men's envy , or admiration ; Free from care , or sorrow - taking , Selves , and others merry ...
... dead , the dead ! Lie two in a grave , and to bed , to bed ! SIR WILLIAM D'AVENANT 654 Nano's Song Fools , they are the only nation Worth men's envy , or admiration ; Free from care , or sorrow - taking , Selves , and others merry ...
Contents
Geoffrey Chaucer The Prioresss Tale | 12 |
Christopher Marlowe From Hero and Leander | 13 |
William Shakespeare The Courser and the Jennet from | 14 |
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beauty BEN JONSON beneath birds breast breath bright clouds dark dead dear death delight doth dream earth EMILY BRONTË eternal ev'ry eyes fair fall fear fire flowers friends glory golden grace grave green grief hair hand happy hast hath head hear heart heaven JOHN DONNE JOHN KEATS JOHN MILTON kiss Lady leaves light live look Lord Love's lovers MICHAEL DRAYTON mind moon morning never night numbers o'er pain PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY pleasure Poems rest ROBERT HERRICK rose round SAMUEL DANIEL shade shadows shalt shine sigh sight silent sing sleep smile soft Song Sonnet sorrow soul spirit spring stars sweet tears thee thine things THOMAS THOMAS CAMPION thou art thought thro tree unto voice WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR waves weep wild WILLIAM BLAKE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings