The London Book of English VerseEyre & Spottiswoode, 1949 - 874 pages |
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Page 183
... smile , a tear , a Vow . Tell me , O self - reviving Sun , In thy Perigrination , Hast thou beheld a pair Twist their soft beams like these in their chaste air ; As from bright numberless imbracing rays Are sprung th'industrious days ...
... smile , a tear , a Vow . Tell me , O self - reviving Sun , In thy Perigrination , Hast thou beheld a pair Twist their soft beams like these in their chaste air ; As from bright numberless imbracing rays Are sprung th'industrious days ...
Page 247
... smile upon our evening bed ! Smile on our loves , and , while thou drawest the Blue curtains of the sky , scatter thy silver dew On every flower that shuts its sweet eyes In timely sleep . Let thy west wind sleep on The lake ; speak ...
... smile upon our evening bed ! Smile on our loves , and , while thou drawest the Blue curtains of the sky , scatter thy silver dew On every flower that shuts its sweet eyes In timely sleep . Let thy west wind sleep on The lake ; speak ...
Page 281
... smile upon my knee : When thou art old there's grief enough for thee . Streaming tears that never stint , Like pearl drops from a flint Fell by course from his eyes , That one anothers ' place supplies : Thus he griev'd in every part ...
... smile upon my knee : When thou art old there's grief enough for thee . Streaming tears that never stint , Like pearl drops from a flint Fell by course from his eyes , That one anothers ' place supplies : Thus he griev'd in every part ...
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