The London Book of English VerseEyre & Spottiswoode, 1949 - 874 pages |
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... friends , renewing is of love . She said she saw no fish , ne fowl , nor beast within her haunt . That met a stranger in their kind , but could give it a taunt . Since flesh might not endure , but rest must wrath succeed , And force the ...
... friends , renewing is of love . She said she saw no fish , ne fowl , nor beast within her haunt . That met a stranger in their kind , but could give it a taunt . Since flesh might not endure , but rest must wrath succeed , And force the ...
Page 433
... friends Behold the dark green file of long lank weeds , That all at once ( a most fantastic sight ! ) Still nod and drip beneath the dripping edge Of the blue clay - stone . Now , my friends emerge Beneath the wide wide Heaven - and ...
... friends Behold the dark green file of long lank weeds , That all at once ( a most fantastic sight ! ) Still nod and drip beneath the dripping edge Of the blue clay - stone . Now , my friends emerge Beneath the wide wide Heaven - and ...
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... friends exclaim ; ' unkind , unjust ! ' But , no ! the envious mass she will not trust ; Content to hear that fame is due to her , Which on her works the world might not confer- Content with loud applauses while she lives : Unfelt the ...
... friends exclaim ; ' unkind , unjust ! ' But , no ! the envious mass she will not trust ; Content to hear that fame is due to her , Which on her works the world might not confer- Content with loud applauses while she lives : Unfelt the ...
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