The Oxford Library of English Poetry, Volume 1John Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 443 pages |
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Page 129
... poor perdu ! — With this thin helm ? Mine enemy's dog , Though he had bit me , should have stood that night Against my fire . And wast thou fain , poor father , To hovel thee with swine and rogues forlorn , In short and musty straw ...
... poor perdu ! — With this thin helm ? Mine enemy's dog , Though he had bit me , should have stood that night Against my fire . And wast thou fain , poor father , To hovel thee with swine and rogues forlorn , In short and musty straw ...
Page 136
... poor heart would fain deny , and dare not . Mach . Hang out our banners on the outward walls ; The cry is still , ' They come ' ; our castle's strength Will laugh a siege to scorn ; here let them lie Till famine and the ague eat them up ...
... poor heart would fain deny , and dare not . Mach . Hang out our banners on the outward walls ; The cry is still , ' They come ' ; our castle's strength Will laugh a siege to scorn ; here let them lie Till famine and the ague eat them up ...
Page 375
... poor wretched fisher - boats of wit . Thy nobler vessel the vast ocean tries , And nothing sees but seas and skies , Till unknown regions it descries , Thou great Columbus of the golden lands of new philosophies . Thy task was harder ...
... poor wretched fisher - boats of wit . Thy nobler vessel the vast ocean tries , And nothing sees but seas and skies , Till unknown regions it descries , Thou great Columbus of the golden lands of new philosophies . Thy task was harder ...
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EDMUND SPENSER 15521599 | 1 |
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
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