The London Book of English VerseEyre & Spottiswoode, 1949 - 874 pages |
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Page 49
... fire to light them . ' Four days is the spirit's journey To the land of ghosts and shadows , Four its lonely night encampments ; Four times must their fires be lighted . Therefore , when the dead are buried , Let a fire , as night ...
... fire to light them . ' Four days is the spirit's journey To the land of ghosts and shadows , Four its lonely night encampments ; Four times must their fires be lighted . Therefore , when the dead are buried , Let a fire , as night ...
Page 72
... fire And strawberry wire And columbine . Within and out , in and out , round as a ball , With hither and thither , as straight as a line , With lily , germander , and sops - in - wine , With sweet - briar And bon - fire And strawberry ...
... fire And strawberry wire And columbine . Within and out , in and out , round as a ball , With hither and thither , as straight as a line , With lily , germander , and sops - in - wine , With sweet - briar And bon - fire And strawberry ...
Page 629
... fire . That is a seraphim , they say , And this the great Teresia . Readers , be rul'd by me ; and make Here a well - plac'd and wise mistake ; You must transpose the picture quite , And spell it wrong to read it right ; Read him for ...
... fire . That is a seraphim , they say , And this the great Teresia . Readers , be rul'd by me ; and make Here a well - plac'd and wise mistake ; You must transpose the picture quite , And spell it wrong to read it right ; Read him for ...
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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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