The London Book of English VerseEyre & Spottiswoode, 1949 - 874 pages |
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Page 134
... land of Walsinghame Met you not with my true love by the way as you came ? How shall I know your true love That have met many one As I went to the holy land That have come that have gone ? She is neither white nor brown But as the ...
... land of Walsinghame Met you not with my true love by the way as you came ? How shall I know your true love That have met many one As I went to the holy land That have come that have gone ? She is neither white nor brown But as the ...
Page 400
... land . Ill fares the land , to hastening ills a prey , Where wealth accumulates , and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish , or may fade ; A breath can make them , as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry , their country's ...
... land . Ill fares the land , to hastening ills a prey , Where wealth accumulates , and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish , or may fade ; A breath can make them , as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry , their country's ...
Page 539
... Land he spreads His orient Beams , on herb , tree , fruit , and flour , Glistring with dew ; fragrant the fertil earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful Eevning milde , then silent Night With this her solemn Bird ...
... Land he spreads His orient Beams , on herb , tree , fruit , and flour , Glistring with dew ; fragrant the fertil earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful Eevning milde , then silent Night With this her solemn Bird ...
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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