The Book of Living Verse: Limited to the Chief PoetsLouis Untermeyer Emphasizes 57 poets instead of 167 poets as in the original edition. |
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... hath perced to the rote , And bathed every veyne in swich licour Of which vertu engendred is the flour ; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes , and the yonge sonne Hath in the ...
... hath perced to the rote , And bathed every veyne in swich licour Of which vertu engendred is the flour ; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes , and the yonge sonne Hath in the ...
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... hath there been , Or can be , than is man ? to whose creation All things are in decay . For man is everything , And ... hath private amity , And both with moons and tides . Nothing hath got so far , But man hath caught and kept it as his ...
... hath there been , Or can be , than is man ? to whose creation All things are in decay . For man is everything , And ... hath private amity , And both with moons and tides . Nothing hath got so far , But man hath caught and kept it as his ...
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... hath equaled , force hath made supreme Above his equals . Farewell , happy fields , 250 Where joy for ever dwells ! Hail , horrors ! hail , Infernal World ! and thou , profoundest Hell , Receive thy new possessor - one who brings A mind ...
... hath equaled , force hath made supreme Above his equals . Farewell , happy fields , 250 Where joy for ever dwells ! Hail , horrors ! hail , Infernal World ! and thou , profoundest Hell , Receive thy new possessor - one who brings A mind ...
Contents
OLD ENGLISH BALLADS | 3 |
OR THE TWO SISTERS | 10 |
THE WIFE OF USHERS WELL | 16 |
Copyright | |
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