The Story of English LiteratureThe function of an introduction to English literature is to interest students in the content and spirit of great books and their relation to their times and to one another. |
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... hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry ? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes ? On what wings dare he aspire ? What the hand dare seize the fire ? And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of thy ...
... hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry ? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes ? On what wings dare he aspire ? What the hand dare seize the fire ? And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of thy ...
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... hand above the water , and met it , and caught it , and so shook it thrice and brandished , and then vanished away the hand with the sword in the water . So Sir Bedivere came again to the king , and told him what he saw . Alas , said ...
... hand above the water , and met it , and caught it , and so shook it thrice and brandished , and then vanished away the hand with the sword in the water . So Sir Bedivere came again to the king , and told him what he saw . Alas , said ...
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... hand above the water , and met it , and caught it , and so shook it thrice and brandished , and then vanished away the hand with the sword into the water " - But ere he dipt the surface , rose an arm Clothed in white samite , mystic ...
... hand above the water , and met it , and caught it , and so shook it thrice and brandished , and then vanished away the hand with the sword into the water " - But ere he dipt the surface , rose an arm Clothed in white samite , mystic ...
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THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
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