The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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... stood aghast in speechless trance ; ' To arms ! ' cried Mortimer , and couched his quivering lance . On a rock , whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood , Robed in the sable garb of woe , With haggard eyes the poet stood ...
... stood aghast in speechless trance ; ' To arms ! ' cried Mortimer , and couched his quivering lance . On a rock , whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood , Robed in the sable garb of woe , With haggard eyes the poet stood ...
Page 371
... stood , while the creature stood still , And he gathered the fruit , till he took his good fill . ' Sure never , ' he thought , ' was a creature so rare , So docile , so true , as my excellent mare . Lo , here , how I stand ' ( and he ...
... stood , while the creature stood still , And he gathered the fruit , till he took his good fill . ' Sure never , ' he thought , ' was a creature so rare , So docile , so true , as my excellent mare . Lo , here , how I stand ' ( and he ...
Page 497
... Stood bright , amid the sorrow of his peers ? Together had he left his mother fair And his twin - sister sleeping in their bower , And in the morning twilight wandered forth Beside the osiers of a rivulet , Full ankle - deep in lillies ...
... Stood bright , amid the sorrow of his peers ? Together had he left his mother fair And his twin - sister sleeping in their bower , And in the morning twilight wandered forth Beside the osiers of a rivulet , Full ankle - deep in lillies ...
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CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL Of Dorset 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
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