Great English Writers, Volume 1Oscar James Campbell, Hardin Craig, James Francis Augustin Pyre, Joseph Morris Thomas F. S. Crofts & Company, 1939 - English literature 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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Page 204
... delight , 390 Best musicke breeds delight in loathing eare : But th ' only good that growes of passed feare Is to be wise , and ware of like agein . This daies ensample hath this lesson deare Deepe written in my heart with yron pen ...
... delight , 390 Best musicke breeds delight in loathing eare : But th ' only good that growes of passed feare Is to be wise , and ware of like agein . This daies ensample hath this lesson deare Deepe written in my heart with yron pen ...
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... delight ; By fountain or by shady rivulet 420 He sought them both , but wished his hap might find Eve separate ; he wished , but not with hope Of what so seldom chanced , when to his wish , Beyond his hope , Eve separate he spies ...
... delight ; By fountain or by shady rivulet 420 He sought them both , but wished his hap might find Eve separate ; he wished , but not with hope Of what so seldom chanced , when to his wish , Beyond his hope , Eve separate he spies ...
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... delight ! Chains tie us down by land and sea ; And wishes , vain as mine , may be All that is left to comfort thee . VIII Perhaps some dungeon hears thee groan , Maimed , mangled by inhuman men ; Or thou upon a desert thrown Inheritest ...
... delight ! Chains tie us down by land and sea ; And wishes , vain as mine , may be All that is left to comfort thee . VIII Perhaps some dungeon hears thee groan , Maimed , mangled by inhuman men ; Or thou upon a desert thrown Inheritest ...
Contents
PRECHAUCERIAN POETRY | 1 |
English Prose from the Beginnings | 237 |
OF ANGER | 267 |
Copyright | |
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