The London Book of English VerseEyre & Spottiswoode, 1949 - 874 pages |
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Page 74
Herbert Read. These headed are with golden blisses , These silver ones feathered with kisses , But this of lead Strikes a ... Golden head , crimson ' head , Between the green tip and the root . Black wing , brown wing , hover over Twenty ...
Herbert Read. These headed are with golden blisses , These silver ones feathered with kisses , But this of lead Strikes a ... Golden head , crimson ' head , Between the green tip and the root . Black wing , brown wing , hover over Twenty ...
Page 79
... golden slumbers ? O sweet content ! Art thou rich , yet is thy mind perplexed ? O punishment ! Dost thou laugh to see how fools are vexed To add to golden numbers , golden numbers ? O sweet content ! O sweet , O sweet content ! Work ...
... golden slumbers ? O sweet content ! Art thou rich , yet is thy mind perplexed ? O punishment ! Dost thou laugh to see how fools are vexed To add to golden numbers , golden numbers ? O sweet content ! O sweet , O sweet content ! Work ...
Page 272
... golden beard to weep . Fair maiden , white and red , Comb me smooth , and stroke my head , And thou shalt have some cockell - bread . Gently dip , but not too deep , For fear thou make the golden beard to weep . Fair maid , white and ...
... golden beard to weep . Fair maiden , white and red , Comb me smooth , and stroke my head , And thou shalt have some cockell - bread . Gently dip , but not too deep , For fear thou make the golden beard to weep . Fair maid , white and ...
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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