The London Book of English VerseEyre & Spottiswoode, 1949 - 874 pages |
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... tree , An my sister Maisry To the machrel of the sea . ' And every Saturday at noon The machrel comes to me , An ' she takes my laily head , An ' lays it on her knee , An ' kames it with a siller kame , An ' washes it in the sea ...
... tree , An my sister Maisry To the machrel of the sea . ' And every Saturday at noon The machrel comes to me , An ' she takes my laily head , An ' lays it on her knee , An ' kames it with a siller kame , An ' washes it in the sea ...
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... tree . My love is dead , Gone to his death - bed , All under the willow - tree . Hark ! the raven flaps his wing , In the briared dell below ; Hark ! the death - owl loud doth sing To the night - mares , as they go . My love is dead ...
... tree . My love is dead , Gone to his death - bed , All under the willow - tree . Hark ! the raven flaps his wing , In the briared dell below ; Hark ! the death - owl loud doth sing To the night - mares , as they go . My love is dead ...
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Herbert Read. 456 This Lime - tree Bower my Prison Addressed to Charles Lamb , of the India House , London Well , they are gone , and here must I remain , This lime - tree bower my prison ! I have lost Beauties and feelings , such as ...
Herbert Read. 456 This Lime - tree Bower my Prison Addressed to Charles Lamb , of the India House , London Well , they are gone , and here must I remain , This lime - tree bower my prison ! I have lost Beauties and feelings , such as ...
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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