English Prose and Poetry: Selected and AnnotatedGinn, 1938 - 882 pages |
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Page 140
... seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore , And the firm soil win of the watery main , Increasing store with loss and loss with store ; When I have seen such interchange of state , Or state itself confounded to ...
... seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore , And the firm soil win of the watery main , Increasing store with loss and loss with store ; When I have seen such interchange of state , Or state itself confounded to ...
Page 418
... seen to gleam ; ' Twas broader than the watch - fire's light , And redder than the bright moonbeam . 28 It glared on Roslin's castled rock , It ruddied all the copse - wood glen ; ' Twas seen from Dryden's groves of oak , And seen from ...
... seen to gleam ; ' Twas broader than the watch - fire's light , And redder than the bright moonbeam . 28 It glared on Roslin's castled rock , It ruddied all the copse - wood glen ; ' Twas seen from Dryden's groves of oak , And seen from ...
Page 453
... seen it rushing forth in blood , I've seen it on the breaking ocean Strive with a swoll'n convulsive motion , I've seen the sick and ghastly bed Of Sin delirious with its dread : But these were horrors - this was woe Unmix'd with such ...
... seen it rushing forth in blood , I've seen it on the breaking ocean Strive with a swoll'n convulsive motion , I've seen the sick and ghastly bed Of Sin delirious with its dread : But these were horrors - this was woe Unmix'd with such ...
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BEOWULF | 28 |
Cynewulf and Cyneheard | 34 |
JOHN GOWER 1325?1408 | 51 |
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