Great English Writers, Volume 1Oscar James Campbell, Hardin Craig, James Francis Augustin Pyre, Joseph Morris Thomas F. S. Crofts & Company, 1939 A chronological rearrangement, with many additions, of the material included in the editors' Great English poets and Great English prose writers. cf. Pref. |
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... lady said , " You're a sleeper unwary , since so one may steal in . In a trice you are ta'en ! If we make not a truce , In your bed , be you certain of this , I shall bind you . " 1210 All laughing , the lady delivered those jests ...
... lady said , " You're a sleeper unwary , since so one may steal in . In a trice you are ta'en ! If we make not a truce , In your bed , be you certain of this , I shall bind you . " 1210 All laughing , the lady delivered those jests ...
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... lady sprang up suddenly , The lovely lady , Christabel ! It moaned as near , as near can be , But what it is she cannot tell.- On the other side it seems to be , Of the huge , broad - breasted , old oak tree . The night is chill ; the ...
... lady sprang up suddenly , The lovely lady , Christabel ! It moaned as near , as near can be , But what it is she cannot tell.- On the other side it seems to be , Of the huge , broad - breasted , old oak tree . The night is chill ; the ...
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... lady look'd through the chamber fair , By the light of a dying flame ; 150 And she was aware of a knight stood there- Sir Richard of Coldinghame ! " Alas ! away , away ! " she cried , " For the holy Virgin's sake ! " - “ Lady , I know ...
... lady look'd through the chamber fair , By the light of a dying flame ; 150 And she was aware of a knight stood there- Sir Richard of Coldinghame ! " Alas ! away , away ! " she cried , " For the holy Virgin's sake ! " - “ Lady , I know ...
Contents
PRECHAUCERIAN POETRY | 1 |
English Prose from the Beginnings | 237 |
OF ANGER | 267 |
Copyright | |
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