English Prose and Poetry: Selected and AnnotatedGinn, 1938 - 882 pages |
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... body form doth take ; For soul is form , and doth the body make . 105 127 130 Therefore , wherever that thou dost behold A comely corps , 3 with beauty fair endued , 135 Know this for certain , that the same doth hold A beauteous soul ...
... body form doth take ; For soul is form , and doth the body make . 105 127 130 Therefore , wherever that thou dost behold A comely corps , 3 with beauty fair endued , 135 Know this for certain , that the same doth hold A beauteous soul ...
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... body form doth take . " A beautiful body therefore must be the residence of a beautiful soul . Yet the poet is forced to ad- mit that sometimes , by some perversion of nature , a beautiful soul is found in an ugly body and a wicked ...
... body form doth take . " A beautiful body therefore must be the residence of a beautiful soul . Yet the poet is forced to ad- mit that sometimes , by some perversion of nature , a beautiful soul is found in an ugly body and a wicked ...
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... body ( sinful earth ) warred upon by its own rebellious faculties . Why , as the body necessarily has so short a lease of life , should it be cultivated at the expense of the soul ? Are worms to devour all that which you spend upon the body ...
... body ( sinful earth ) warred upon by its own rebellious faculties . Why , as the body necessarily has so short a lease of life , should it be cultivated at the expense of the soul ? Are worms to devour all that which you spend upon the body ...
Contents
BEOWULF | 28 |
Cynewulf and Cyneheard | 34 |
JOHN GOWER 1325?1408 | 51 |
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