English Prose and Poetry: Selected and AnnotatedGinn, 1938 - 882 pages |
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Page 123
... earth , proud of new clothing , springeth , Sings out her woes , a thorn her song - book making , And mournfully bewailing , Her throat in tunes expresseth What grief her breast oppresseth 5 For Tereus ' force on her chaste will ...
... earth , proud of new clothing , springeth , Sings out her woes , a thorn her song - book making , And mournfully bewailing , Her throat in tunes expresseth What grief her breast oppresseth 5 For Tereus ' force on her chaste will ...
Page 215
... earth , and God in man . Great Little One ! Whose all - em- bracing birth Lifts earth to heaven , stoops heaven to earth . Welcome silk , though nor to gold nor To more than Cæsar's birthright is ; Two sister - seas of virgin - milk ...
... earth , and God in man . Great Little One ! Whose all - em- bracing birth Lifts earth to heaven , stoops heaven to earth . Welcome silk , though nor to gold nor To more than Cæsar's birthright is ; Two sister - seas of virgin - milk ...
Page 473
... Earth's shadows fly ; Life , like a dome of many - coloured glass , Stains the white radiance of Eternity , Until Death tramples it to fragments . - Die , If thou wouldst be with that which thou dost seek ! 465 Follow where all is fled ...
... Earth's shadows fly ; Life , like a dome of many - coloured glass , Stains the white radiance of Eternity , Until Death tramples it to fragments . - Die , If thou wouldst be with that which thou dost seek ! 465 Follow where all is fled ...
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BEOWULF | 28 |
Cynewulf and Cyneheard | 34 |
JOHN GOWER 1325?1408 | 51 |
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