The London Book of English VerseEyre & Spottiswoode, 1949 - 874 pages |
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Page 78
... Hand in hand , with fairy grace , Will we sing , and bless this place . Now , until the break of day , Through this house each fairy stray . To the best bride - bed will we , Which by us shall blessed be ; And the issue there create ...
... Hand in hand , with fairy grace , Will we sing , and bless this place . Now , until the break of day , Through this house each fairy stray . To the best bride - bed will we , Which by us shall blessed be ; And the issue there create ...
Page 290
... hand dare seize the fire ? And what shoulder , & what art , Could twist the sinews of thy heart ? And when thy heart began to beat , What dread hand ? & what dread feet ? What the hammer ? what the chain ? In what furnace was thy brain ...
... hand dare seize the fire ? And what shoulder , & what art , Could twist the sinews of thy heart ? And when thy heart began to beat , What dread hand ? & what dread feet ? What the hammer ? what the chain ? In what furnace was thy brain ...
Page 736
... hand , and come ! ' Halts by me that footfall : Is my gloom , after all , Shade of His hand , outstretched caressingly ? ' Ah , fondest , blindest , weakest , I am He Whom thou seekest ! Thou dravest love from thee , who dravest Me ...
... hand , and come ! ' Halts by me that footfall : Is my gloom , after all , Shade of His hand , outstretched caressingly ? ' Ah , fondest , blindest , weakest , I am He Whom thou seekest ! Thou dravest love from thee , who dravest Me ...
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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