The London Book of English VerseEyre & Spottiswoode, 1949 - 874 pages |
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Page 393
... heaven and earth are still - though not in sleep , But breathless , as we grow when feeling most ; And silent , as we stand in thoughts too deep : - All heaven and earth are still : From the high host Of stars , to the lull'd lake and ...
... heaven and earth are still - though not in sleep , But breathless , as we grow when feeling most ; And silent , as we stand in thoughts too deep : - All heaven and earth are still : From the high host Of stars , to the lull'd lake and ...
Page 456
... heaven seem best ? Now , heaven and she are beyond this ride . And yet - she has not spoke so long ! What if heaven be that , fair and strong At life's best , with our eyes upturned Whither life's flower is first discerned , We , fixed ...
... heaven seem best ? Now , heaven and she are beyond this ride . And yet - she has not spoke so long ! What if heaven be that , fair and strong At life's best , with our eyes upturned Whither life's flower is first discerned , We , fixed ...
Page 512
... heaven . But now , made free from them , next her before ; Peaceful , and young , Herculean silence bore His craggy club ; which up aloft , he hild ; With which , and his fore - finger's charm he still'd All sounds in air ; and left so ...
... heaven . But now , made free from them , next her before ; Peaceful , and young , Herculean silence bore His craggy club ; which up aloft , he hild ; With which , and his fore - finger's charm he still'd All sounds in air ; and left so ...
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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