The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to KeatsJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 511 pages |
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... flowers that o'er the place are spread Partake the nature of their fenny bed ; Here on its wiry stem , in rigid ... flowering scurvy - grass appears early in the year , and the razor - edged bull - rush in the summer and autumn . The fen ...
... flowers that o'er the place are spread Partake the nature of their fenny bed ; Here on its wiry stem , in rigid ... flowering scurvy - grass appears early in the year , and the razor - edged bull - rush in the summer and autumn . The fen ...
Page 220
... flowers bore ; And I saw it was filled with graves , And tomb - stones where flowers should be ; And Priests in black gowns were walking their rounds , And binding with briars my joys & desires . London I WANDER thro ' each charter'd ...
... flowers bore ; And I saw it was filled with graves , And tomb - stones where flowers should be ; And Priests in black gowns were walking their rounds , And binding with briars my joys & desires . London I WANDER thro ' each charter'd ...
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... flowers , in the green - wood wene . When seven lang years had come and fled , When grief was calm , and hope was dead ; When scarce was rememberd Kilmeny's name , Late , late in a gloamin ' Kilmeny came hame ! And O , her beauty was ...
... flowers , in the green - wood wene . When seven lang years had come and fled , When grief was calm , and hope was dead ; When scarce was rememberd Kilmeny's name , Late , late in a gloamin ' Kilmeny came hame ! And O , her beauty was ...
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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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