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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 75
Page 366
710 Anon , out of the earth , a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation , with the sound Of dulceto symphonies and voices sweet , harmonious Built like a temple , where pilasters ° round shallow columns Were set , and Doric pillars overlaid ...
710 Anon , out of the earth , a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation , with the sound Of dulceto symphonies and voices sweet , harmonious Built like a temple , where pilasters ° round shallow columns Were set , and Doric pillars overlaid ...
Page 723
And now , its strings Boldlier swept , the long sequacious notes following each other Over delicious surges sink and rise , 20 Such a soft floating witchery of sound As twilight elfins make , when they at eve Voyage on gentle gales from ...
And now , its strings Boldlier swept , the long sequacious notes following each other Over delicious surges sink and rise , 20 Such a soft floating witchery of sound As twilight elfins make , when they at eve Voyage on gentle gales from ...
Page 932
Sabbath Bells I've often on a Sabbath day , Where pastoral quiet dwells , Lay down among the new mown hay To listen distant bells That beautifully flung the sound Upon the quiet wind , While beans in blossom breathed around A fragrance ...
Sabbath Bells I've often on a Sabbath day , Where pastoral quiet dwells , Lay down among the new mown hay To listen distant bells That beautifully flung the sound Upon the quiet wind , While beans in blossom breathed around A fragrance ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
1020 | 62 |
Alfred Lord Tennyson 180992 | 1005 |
Robert Browning 181289 | 1064 |
Copyright | |
4 other sections not shown
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 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |