The Oxford Library of English Poetry, Volume 1John Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 443 pages |
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Page 164
... beauty and thy straying youth , Who lead thee in their riot even there Where thou art forc'd to break a twofold truth ; Hers , by thy beauty tempting her to thee , Thine , by thy beauty being false to me . XLII THAT thou hast.her , it ...
... beauty and thy straying youth , Who lead thee in their riot even there Where thou art forc'd to break a twofold truth ; Hers , by thy beauty tempting her to thee , Thine , by thy beauty being false to me . XLII THAT thou hast.her , it ...
Page 176
... beauty still . Three winters cold Have from the forests shook three summers ' pride , Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turn'd In process of the seasons have I seen , Three April perfumes in three hot Junes burn'd , Since first I ...
... beauty still . Three winters cold Have from the forests shook three summers ' pride , Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turn'd In process of the seasons have I seen , Three April perfumes in three hot Junes burn'd , Since first I ...
Page 180
... beauty's name ; But now is black beauty's successive heir , And beauty slander'd with a bastard's shame : For since each hand hath put on Nature's power , Fairing the foul with Art's false borrow'd face , Sweet beauty hath no name , no ...
... beauty's name ; But now is black beauty's successive heir , And beauty slander'd with a bastard's shame : For since each hand hath put on Nature's power , Fairing the foul with Art's false borrow'd face , Sweet beauty hath no name , no ...
Contents
EDMUND SPENSER 15521599 | 1 |
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
Chorus of Priests | 49 |
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