The London Book of English VerseEyre & Spottiswoode, 1949 - 874 pages |
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Page 115
... hath the morning sun At first to look upon her ; And Phillis hath morn - waking birds Her rising for to honour . JOHN DRYDEN My Phillis hath prime - feathered flowers That smile when she treads on them ; And Phillis hath a gallant flock ...
... hath the morning sun At first to look upon her ; And Phillis hath morn - waking birds Her rising for to honour . JOHN DRYDEN My Phillis hath prime - feathered flowers That smile when she treads on them ; And Phillis hath a gallant flock ...
Page 321
... hath no mate ; his neck is wound with a yellow ring ; on his breast is the crest of a former king . The second bird is exceeding pale , from little head to scanty tail ; she is striped with black on either wing , which is rose - lined ...
... hath no mate ; his neck is wound with a yellow ring ; on his breast is the crest of a former king . The second bird is exceeding pale , from little head to scanty tail ; she is striped with black on either wing , which is rose - lined ...
Page 557
... hath prepar'd A rest for his desires , and sees all things Beneath him , and hath learn'd this book of man , Full of the notes of frailty , and compar'd The best of glory with her sufferings : By whom I see you labour all you can To ...
... hath prepar'd A rest for his desires , and sees all things Beneath him , and hath learn'd this book of man , Full of the notes of frailty , and compar'd The best of glory with her sufferings : By whom I see you labour all you can To ...
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