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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... tell , so in that I may trust . ” " In truth , " said the good knight , " I'm called Sir Gawain , 380 Who fetch you this blow , whatsoever befalls , And another will take in return , this time twelvemonth , From you , with what weapon ...
... tell , so in that I may trust . ” " In truth , " said the good knight , " I'm called Sir Gawain , 380 Who fetch you this blow , whatsoever befalls , And another will take in return , this time twelvemonth , From you , with what weapon ...
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... tell his great distresse . XX 170 He had not travaild long , when on the way He wofull Lady , wofull Una , met , Fast flying from that Paynims greedy pray , Whilest Satyrane him from pursuit did let : Who when her eyes she on the Dwarf ...
... tell his great distresse . XX 170 He had not travaild long , when on the way He wofull Lady , wofull Una , met , Fast flying from that Paynims greedy pray , Whilest Satyrane him from pursuit did let : Who when her eyes she on the Dwarf ...
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... tell thou the silent sky , And tell the stars , and tell yon rising sun Earth , with her thousand voices , praises God . THE PAINS OF SLEEP ERE on my bed my limbs I lay , It hath not been my use to pray With moving lips or bended knees ...
... tell thou the silent sky , And tell the stars , and tell yon rising sun Earth , with her thousand voices , praises God . THE PAINS OF SLEEP ERE on my bed my limbs I lay , It hath not been my use to pray With moving lips or bended knees ...
Contents
PRECHAUCERIAN POETRY | 1 |
English Prose from the Beginnings | 237 |
OF ANGER | 267 |
Copyright | |
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