The Batsford Book of English Poetry: Chaucer to ArnoldA compendium of English poetry from Chaucer to Matthew Arnold based on syllabus requirements from O Level to post A Level. It includes short lyrics, complete books and long epic poems. |
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So strange a dream hath come to me ; That I had vowed with music loud To clear yon wood from thing unblest , 530 Warned by a vision in my rest ! For in my sleep I saw that dove , That gentle bird , whom thou dost love , And call'st by ...
So strange a dream hath come to me ; That I had vowed with music loud To clear yon wood from thing unblest , 530 Warned by a vision in my rest ! For in my sleep I saw that dove , That gentle bird , whom thou dost love , And call'st by ...
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36 Beyond a mortal man impassioned far At these voluptuous accents , he arose , Ethereal , flushed , and like a throbbing star Seen mid the sapphire heaven's deep repose ; Into her dream he melted , as the rose Blendeth its odour with ...
36 Beyond a mortal man impassioned far At these voluptuous accents , he arose , Ethereal , flushed , and like a throbbing star Seen mid the sapphire heaven's deep repose ; Into her dream he melted , as the rose Blendeth its odour with ...
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It was no dream ; or say a dream it was , Real are the dreams of Gods , and smoothly pass Their pleasures in a long immortal dream . One warm , Aushed moment , hovering , it might seem 130 Dashed by the wood - nymph's beauty , so he ...
It was no dream ; or say a dream it was , Real are the dreams of Gods , and smoothly pass Their pleasures in a long immortal dream . One warm , Aushed moment , hovering , it might seem 130 Dashed by the wood - nymph's beauty , so he ...
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Contents
1020 | 62 |
Alfred Lord Tennyson 180992 | 1005 |
Robert Browning 181289 | 1064 |
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Common terms and phrases
angels arms bear beauty breath bring cause cloud dark dead dear death deep delight doth dream earth eyes face fair fall father fear feel field fire flowers force gentle give grace green hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven hell holy hope hour King Lady leave less light live look Lord lost mind move nature never night o'er once pain passed rest round seemed sense side sight sing sleep song soon soul sound spirit stand stars stood strength sweet tears tell thee things thou thought Till tree turned unto voice wind wings woods
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Batsford Book of English Poetry: Chaucer to Arnold |
| Editor | Barbara Lloyd Evans |
| Publisher | Batsford, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 22 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0713456701, 9780713456707 |
| Length | 1200 pages |
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