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Hoccleve's Humorous Praise of his Lady 25 Of my lady , wel me rejoise I may : Hir golden forheed is ful narw smal ; 26 and Hir browes been lyk to dym reed coral ; And as the jeet 27 hir yen 28 glistren ay . Hir bowgy 29 cheekes been as ...
Hoccleve's Humorous Praise of his Lady 25 Of my lady , wel me rejoise I may : Hir golden forheed is ful narw smal ; 26 and Hir browes been lyk to dym reed coral ; And as the jeet 27 hir yen 28 glistren ay . Hir bowgy 29 cheekes been as ...
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A proper Song , entitled : Fain would I have a pretty Thing to give unto my Lady FAIN would I have a pretty thing To give unto my lady : I name no thing , nor mean no thing , But as pretty a thing as may be .
A proper Song , entitled : Fain would I have a pretty Thing to give unto my Lady FAIN would I have a pretty thing To give unto my lady : I name no thing , nor mean no thing , But as pretty a thing as may be .
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All made out of the carver's brain , For a lady's chamber meet : The lamp with twofold silver chain Is fastened to an angel's feet . 180 The silver lamp burns dead and dim ; But Christabel the lamp will trim .
All made out of the carver's brain , For a lady's chamber meet : The lamp with twofold silver chain Is fastened to an angel's feet . 180 The silver lamp burns dead and dim ; But Christabel the lamp will trim .
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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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