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Yet for our sport we fawn and flatter both , To pass the time when nothing else can please , And train them on to yield by subtle oath The sweet content that gives such hu- mour ease . And then we say , when we their follies try ...
Yet for our sport we fawn and flatter both , To pass the time when nothing else can please , And train them on to yield by subtle oath The sweet content that gives such hu- mour ease . And then we say , when we their follies try ...
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A Cradle Song SWEET dreams , form a shade O'er my lovely infant's head ; Sweet dreams of pleasant streams By happy , silent , moony beams . Sweet sleep , with soft down Weave thy brows an infant crown . Sweet sleep , Angel mild , Hover ...
A Cradle Song SWEET dreams , form a shade O'er my lovely infant's head ; Sweet dreams of pleasant streams By happy , silent , moony beams . Sweet sleep , with soft down Weave thy brows an infant crown . Sweet sleep , Angel mild , Hover ...
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Afton Water 333 FLOW gently , sweet Afton , among thy green braes , 334 Flow gently , I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream , Flow gently , sweet Afton , disturb not her dream .
Afton Water 333 FLOW gently , sweet Afton , among thy green braes , 334 Flow gently , I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream , Flow gently , sweet Afton , disturb not her dream .
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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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