Collins Albatross Book of Verse: English and American Poetry from the Thirteenth Century to the Present Day |
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Page 121
O mighty charm ! which makes men love their bane , And think they die with pleasure , live with pain . THE TAMED DEER Like as a huntsman after weary chase , Seeing the game from him escaped away , Sits down to rest him in some shady ...
O mighty charm ! which makes men love their bane , And think they die with pleasure , live with pain . THE TAMED DEER Like as a huntsman after weary chase , Seeing the game from him escaped away , Sits down to rest him in some shady ...
Page 213
But the hot hell that always in him burns , Though in mid Heaven , soon ended his delight And tortures him now more the more he sees Of pleasure not for him ordained . Then soon Fierce hate he recollects , and all his thoughts Of ...
But the hot hell that always in him burns , Though in mid Heaven , soon ended his delight And tortures him now more the more he sees Of pleasure not for him ordained . Then soon Fierce hate he recollects , and all his thoughts Of ...
Page 237
Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus ' blessings are a treasure , Drinking is the soldier's pleasure : Rich the treasure , Sweet the pleasure , Sweet is pleasure after pain .
Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus ' blessings are a treasure , Drinking is the soldier's pleasure : Rich the treasure , Sweet the pleasure , Sweet is pleasure after pain .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Collins Albatross Book of Verse: English and American Poetry from the Thirteenth Century to the Present Day School edition |
| Editor | Louis Untermeyer |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Collins, 1960 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 7 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 672 pages |
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