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... Unless th ' Almighty Maker them ordain His dark materials to create more worlds , Into this wild Abyss the warie Fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and look'd a while , Pondering his voyage : for no narrow frith He had to cross .
... Unless th ' Almighty Maker them ordain His dark materials to create more worlds , Into this wild Abyss the warie Fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and look'd a while , Pondering his voyage : for no narrow frith He had to cross .
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In darkness over it . I ' the midst was left , Reflecting , yet distorting every cloud , A pool of treacherous and tremendous calm . ... More dark 430 And dark the shades accumulate . The oak , Expanding its immense and knotty ...
In darkness over it . I ' the midst was left , Reflecting , yet distorting every cloud , A pool of treacherous and tremendous calm . ... More dark 430 And dark the shades accumulate . The oak , Expanding its immense and knotty ...
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Uniting their close union ; the woven leaves Make net - work of the dark blue light of day , And the night's noontide clearness , mu- table As shapes in the weird clouds . Soft mossy lawns Beneath these canopies extend their swells ...
Uniting their close union ; the woven leaves Make net - work of the dark blue light of day , And the night's noontide clearness , mu- table As shapes in the weird clouds . Soft mossy lawns Beneath these canopies extend their swells ...
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Contents
Medieval Lyrics | 1 |
The Franklins Tale | 16 |
The wordes of the Host to the Phisicien | 28 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | An Oxford Anthology of English Poetry |
| Editors | Howard Foster Lowry, Willard Thorp |
| Contributor | Margaret Farrand Thorp |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1947 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2009 |
| Length | 1232 pages |
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