The Penguin Book of Narrative VerseDavid Herbert |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 54
Page 132
... half a pair of gloves , And all the trophies of his former loves ; With tender billet - doux he lights the pyre , And breathes three am'rous sighs to raise the fire . Then prostrate falls , and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain , and ...
... half a pair of gloves , And all the trophies of his former loves ; With tender billet - doux he lights the pyre , And breathes three am'rous sighs to raise the fire . Then prostrate falls , and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain , and ...
Page 141
... half - languishing , half - drowned in tears ; On her heaved bosom hung her drooping head , Which , with a sigh , she raised ; and thus she said . ' For ever cursed be this detested day , Which snatched my best , my fav'rite curl away ...
... half - languishing , half - drowned in tears ; On her heaved bosom hung her drooping head , Which , with a sigh , she raised ; and thus she said . ' For ever cursed be this detested day , Which snatched my best , my fav'rite curl away ...
Page 160
... half covered and half dry ; The sun - burnt tar that blisters on the planks , And bank - side stakes in their uneven ranks ; Heaps of entangled weeds that slowly float , As the tide rolls by the impeded boat . When tides were neap , and ...
... half covered and half dry ; The sun - burnt tar that blisters on the planks , And bank - side stakes in their uneven ranks ; Heaps of entangled weeds that slowly float , As the tide rolls by the impeded boat . When tides were neap , and ...
Contents
I | 1 |
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 15541586 | 56 |
Contents SAMUEL DANIEL 15631619 | 61 |
Copyright | |
42 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Annabel Lee arms beneath bird blood blow breast breath bright brow burning captain's gig Carterhaugh Clerk Saunders cloud cold cried dark dead dear death doth dream drew earth Exon eyes face fair fate father fear fell fight fire gazed green groan hair hand haste hath head hear heard heart heaven Hudibras John of Austria King King Arthur kiss knew lady light lips looked lord loud maid moon mortal Neolin never night nightingales o'er Oxus pity poem quoth Robin Hode rose round Rustum Sangraal seid Litull John Seistan serten ship sigh sight Sir Bedivere sleep smiled Sohrab soul spake spear St Agnes steed stood sweet sword Tam Lin tears thee thine thing thou art thought tree turned Twas unto voice W. B. Yeats watch wild wind word