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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Page 57
... leaves drops the dampen- ing dew To abide the bright sun that is blissfully shin- ing . 520 But autumn comes speeding ... leave . You know my case and condition , nor care I To tell of its troubles even a trifle . I must , for the blow I ...
... leaves drops the dampen- ing dew To abide the bright sun that is blissfully shin- ing . 520 But autumn comes speeding ... leave . You know my case and condition , nor care I To tell of its troubles even a trifle . I must , for the blow I ...
Page 168
... leave that have me loved stil , And chose in Faery court , of meere goodwil , Where noblest knights were to be found on earth . 250 The earth shall sooner leave her kindly skil To bring forth fruit , and make eternal derth , Then I leave ...
... leave that have me loved stil , And chose in Faery court , of meere goodwil , Where noblest knights were to be found on earth . 250 The earth shall sooner leave her kindly skil To bring forth fruit , and make eternal derth , Then I leave ...
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... leave to love himself , with- out the imputation of self - love ? Of all sound of all bells- ( bells , the music 10 skipping over the intervention of forty years , nighest bordering upon heaven ) —most solemn and touching is the peal ...
... leave to love himself , with- out the imputation of self - love ? Of all sound of all bells- ( bells , the music 10 skipping over the intervention of forty years , nighest bordering upon heaven ) —most solemn and touching is the peal ...
Contents
PRECHAUCERIAN POETRY | 1 |
English Prose from the Beginnings | 237 |
OF ANGER | 267 |
Copyright | |
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