The London Book of English VerseEyre & Spottiswoode, 1949 - 874 pages |
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Page 76
... wind and the rain ; A foolish thing was but a toy , For the rain it raineth every day . But when I came to man's estate , With hey , ho , the wind and the rain ; ' Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gates , For the rain it raineth ...
... wind and the rain ; A foolish thing was but a toy , For the rain it raineth every day . But when I came to man's estate , With hey , ho , the wind and the rain ; ' Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gates , For the rain it raineth ...
Page 203
... wind to - day Blows the wind to - day , and the sun and the rain are flying , Blows the wind on the moors to - day and now , Where about the graves of the martyrs the whaups are crying , My heart remembers how ! Grey recumbent tombs of ...
... wind to - day Blows the wind to - day , and the sun and the rain are flying , Blows the wind on the moors to - day and now , Where about the graves of the martyrs the whaups are crying , My heart remembers how ! Grey recumbent tombs of ...
Page 222
... wind flapped loose , the wind was still , Shaken out dead from tree and hill : I had walked on at the wind's will , - I sat now , for the wind was still . my Between my knees forehead was , - My lips , drawn in , said not Alas ! My hair ...
... wind flapped loose , the wind was still , Shaken out dead from tree and hill : I had walked on at the wind's will , - I sat now , for the wind was still . my Between my knees forehead was , - My lips , drawn in , said not Alas ! My hair ...
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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