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9 Delia may hap to deign to read our story , And offer up her sighs among the rest , Whose merit would suffice for both our glory , Whereby thou might'st be graced and I be blest ; That indulgence would profit me the best .
9 Delia may hap to deign to read our story , And offer up her sighs among the rest , Whose merit would suffice for both our glory , Whereby thou might'st be graced and I be blest ; That indulgence would profit me the best .
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Yet let him keep the rest , But keep them with repining restlessnesse ; Let him be rich and wearie , that at least ... Harmonious bells below , raising the dead To leade them unto life and rest : Thus are true Aarons drest .
Yet let him keep the rest , But keep them with repining restlessnesse ; Let him be rich and wearie , that at least ... Harmonious bells below , raising the dead To leade them unto life and rest : Thus are true Aarons drest .
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XI For pleasant is this flesh ; Our soul , in its rose - mesh Pulled ever to the earth , still yearns for rest ; Would we some prize might hold To match those manifold Possessions of the brute , gain most , as we did best !
XI For pleasant is this flesh ; Our soul , in its rose - mesh Pulled ever to the earth , still yearns for rest ; Would we some prize might hold To match those manifold Possessions of the brute , gain most , as we did best !
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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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arms beauty breath bright bring clouds cold dark dead dear death deep delight doth dream earth eyes face fair fall fear feel fields fire flowers give grace green hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven hill hope hour kind King lady land leave less light live look Lord lost meet mind morning move Nature never night o'er once pain pass poem pride published rest rise rose round seemed seen side sight sing sleep song soon soul sound spirit spring stand stars stood sweet tears tell thee thine things thou thought till true turn voice wild wind woods Written youth
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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