Fifteen Poets: Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare [and Others] ...Selections of the best work of the masters of English poetry from Chaucer to Arnold. Each group of selections is preceded by short essays of appreciation and summaries of the poets' lives. |
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... turning backe to Scudamour , thus sayd ; What monstrous enmity prouoke we heare ? Foolhardy as th'Earthes children , the which made ... turn back maulgre ] reluctantly 65 F With huge impatience he inly swelt , ' More for EDMUND SPENSER.
... turning backe to Scudamour , thus sayd ; What monstrous enmity prouoke we heare ? Foolhardy as th'Earthes children , the which made ... turn back maulgre ] reluctantly 65 F With huge impatience he inly swelt , ' More for EDMUND SPENSER.
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... turn about our feverish will , When all our ease must come by lying still : For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure , but in rest from pain . ( The Indian Emperor , IV . i . ) CLEOPATRA AND ANTONY How shall I plead my ...
... turn about our feverish will , When all our ease must come by lying still : For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure , but in rest from pain . ( The Indian Emperor , IV . i . ) CLEOPATRA AND ANTONY How shall I plead my ...
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... turn critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can , or cannot write , Or with a rival's , or an eunuch's spite . All fools have still an itching to deride , And fain would be upon the laughing side . If Maevius scribble in ...
... turn critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can , or cannot write , Or with a rival's , or an eunuch's spite . All fools have still an itching to deride , And fain would be upon the laughing side . If Maevius scribble in ...
Contents
GEOFFREY CHAUCER By H S BENNETT | 8 |
The Dream | 33 |
The Fight of the Red Cross Knight and the Heathen | 54 |
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