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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Page 168
... side to side ; At length the wits mount up , the hairs subside . See , fierce Belinda on the Baron flies , With more than usual lightning in her eyes : Nor feared the chief the unequal fight to try , Who sought no more than on his foe ...
... side to side ; At length the wits mount up , the hairs subside . See , fierce Belinda on the Baron flies , With more than usual lightning in her eyes : Nor feared the chief the unequal fight to try , Who sought no more than on his foe ...
Page 410
... side by side . The hour became her husband and my bride . 5 Love that had robbed us so , thus blessed our dearth ! The pilgrims of the year waxed very loud In multitudinous chatterings , as the flood 10 Full brown came from the West ...
... side by side . The hour became her husband and my bride . 5 Love that had robbed us so , thus blessed our dearth ! The pilgrims of the year waxed very loud In multitudinous chatterings , as the flood 10 Full brown came from the West ...
Page 541
... side to side , and sniffed the unwholesome air . Tins , boxes , bottles , shapes too vague to know , A mirror smashed , the mattress from a bed ; And he , exploring fifty feet below The rosy gloom of battle overhead . Tripping , he ...
... side to side , and sniffed the unwholesome air . Tins , boxes , bottles , shapes too vague to know , A mirror smashed , the mattress from a bed ; And he , exploring fifty feet below The rosy gloom of battle overhead . Tripping , he ...
Contents
OLD ENGLISH BALLADS | 3 |
OR THE TWO SISTERS | 10 |
THE WIFE OF USHERS WELL | 16 |
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