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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Page 311
For if I should ' , said he , ' Bestow this jewel also on my creature , He would adore my gifts instead of me , And rest in Nature , not the God of Nature : So both should losers be . Yet let him keep the rest , But keep them with ...
For if I should ' , said he , ' Bestow this jewel also on my creature , He would adore my gifts instead of me , And rest in Nature , not the God of Nature : So both should losers be . Yet let him keep the rest , But keep them with ...
Page 339
colouring comb out vermilion decked out With that same vaunted name ' Virginity ' : Beauty is Nature's coin , must not be hoarded , 740 But must be current , and the good thereof Consists in mutual and partaken bliss , Unsavoury in the ...
colouring comb out vermilion decked out With that same vaunted name ' Virginity ' : Beauty is Nature's coin , must not be hoarded , 740 But must be current , and the good thereof Consists in mutual and partaken bliss , Unsavoury in the ...
Page 658
For I have learned To look on nature , not as in the hour 90 of thoughtless youth ; but hearing oftentimes The still , sad music of humanity , Nor harsh nor grating , though of ample power To chasten and subdue .
For I have learned To look on nature , not as in the hour 90 of thoughtless youth ; but hearing oftentimes The still , sad music of humanity , Nor harsh nor grating , though of ample power To chasten and subdue .
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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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