Fifteen Poets: Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare [and Others] ...Selections of the best work of the masters of English poetry from Chaucer to Arnold. Each group of selections is preceded by short essays of appreciation and summaries of the poets' lives. |
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... moon . Upon the moon I fixed my eye , All over the wide lea ; With quickening pace my horse drew nigh Those paths so dear to me . And now we reached the orchard - plot ; And , as we climbed the hill , The sinking moon to Lucy's cot Came ...
... moon . Upon the moon I fixed my eye , All over the wide lea ; With quickening pace my horse drew nigh Those paths so dear to me . And now we reached the orchard - plot ; And , as we climbed the hill , The sinking moon to Lucy's cot Came ...
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... Moon , and the stars that still sojourn , yet still move onward ; and every where the blue sky belongs to them , and is their appointed An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high ; But oh ! more horrible than that Is the ...
... Moon , and the stars that still sojourn , yet still move onward ; and every where the blue sky belongs to them , and is their appointed An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high ; But oh ! more horrible than that Is the ...
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... moon could love a mortal , Use , to charm him ( so to fit a fancy ) , All her magic ( ' tis the old sweet mythos ) ... moon's same side , born late in Florence , Dying now impoverished here in London . God be thanked , the meanest of his ...
... moon could love a mortal , Use , to charm him ( so to fit a fancy ) , All her magic ( ' tis the old sweet mythos ) ... moon's same side , born late in Florence , Dying now impoverished here in London . God be thanked , the meanest of his ...
Contents
GEOFFREY CHAUCER By H S BENNETT | 8 |
The Dream | 33 |
The Fight of the Red Cross Knight and the Heathen | 54 |
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