The London Book of English VerseEyre & Spottiswoode, 1949 - 874 pages |
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Page 49
... spirits faint beneath them . Only give them food to carry , Only give them fire to light them . ' Four days is the spirit's journey To the land of ghosts and shadows , Four its lonely night encampments ; Four times must their fires be ...
... spirits faint beneath them . Only give them food to carry , Only give them fire to light them . ' Four days is the spirit's journey To the land of ghosts and shadows , Four its lonely night encampments ; Four times must their fires be ...
Page 173
... spirit , sweet angel - devil . MICHAEL DRAYTON 176 Sonnet The expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action , and till action , lust Is perjur'd , murderous , bloody , full of blame , Savage , extreme , rude , cruel , not to ...
... spirit , sweet angel - devil . MICHAEL DRAYTON 176 Sonnet The expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action , and till action , lust Is perjur'd , murderous , bloody , full of blame , Savage , extreme , rude , cruel , not to ...
Page 861
... spirit , your beauty haunts me still , 173 . A quire of bright Beauties in Spring did appear , 303 . Are they shadows that we see , 256 . A rosy shield upon its back , 312 . Arriv'd now at our ship , we launch'd , and set , II . Art ...
... spirit , your beauty haunts me still , 173 . A quire of bright Beauties in Spring did appear , 303 . Are they shadows that we see , 256 . A rosy shield upon its back , 312 . Arriv'd now at our ship , we launch'd , and set , II . Art ...
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