The London Book of English VerseEyre & Spottiswoode, 1949 - 874 pages |
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Page 427
... pass'd ; and all the air Is emptied of thine hoary majesty . Thy thunder , conscious of the new command , Rumbles reluctant o'er our fallen house ; And thy sharp lightning in unpractised hands Scorches and burns our once serene domain ...
... pass'd ; and all the air Is emptied of thine hoary majesty . Thy thunder , conscious of the new command , Rumbles reluctant o'er our fallen house ; And thy sharp lightning in unpractised hands Scorches and burns our once serene domain ...
Page 769
... pass away . Go thou to Rome , -at once the Paradise , The grave , the city , and the wilderness ; And where its wrecks like shattered mountains rise , And flowering weeds , and fragrant copses dress The bones of Desolation's nakedness Pass ...
... pass away . Go thou to Rome , -at once the Paradise , The grave , the city , and the wilderness ; And where its wrecks like shattered mountains rise , And flowering weeds , and fragrant copses dress The bones of Desolation's nakedness Pass ...
Page 772
... passing the endless grass , Passing the yellow - sear'd wheat , every grain from its shroud in the dark - brown fields uprisen , Passing the apple - tree brows of white and pink in the orchards , Carrying a corpse to where it shall rest ...
... passing the endless grass , Passing the yellow - sear'd wheat , every grain from its shroud in the dark - brown fields uprisen , Passing the apple - tree brows of white and pink in the orchards , Carrying a corpse to where it shall rest ...
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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