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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... woods shal answer and theyr eccho ring . Ring ye the bels , ye yong men of the towne , And leaue your wonted labors for this day : This day is holy ; doe ye write it downe , That ye for euer it remember may . This day the sunne is in ...
... woods shal answer and theyr eccho ring . Ring ye the bels , ye yong men of the towne , And leaue your wonted labors for this day : This day is holy ; doe ye write it downe , That ye for euer it remember may . This day the sunne is in ...
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... woods them answer , nor theyr eccho ring . But let stil Silence trew night watches keepe , That sacred peace may in assurance rayne , And tymely sleep , when it is tyme to sleepe , May poure his limbs forth on your pleasant playne , The ...
... woods them answer , nor theyr eccho ring . But let stil Silence trew night watches keepe , That sacred peace may in assurance rayne , And tymely sleep , when it is tyme to sleepe , May poure his limbs forth on your pleasant playne , The ...
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... woods vs answere , nor our Eccho ring . And thou great Iuno , which with awful might The lawes of wedlock still dost patronize , And the religion of the faith first plight With sacred rites hast taught to solemnize : And eeke for ...
... woods vs answere , nor our Eccho ring . And thou great Iuno , which with awful might The lawes of wedlock still dost patronize , And the religion of the faith first plight With sacred rites hast taught to solemnize : And eeke for ...
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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