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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Page 143
... sweet content ! Art thou rich , yet is thy mind perplexéd ? Oh , punishment ! Dost thou laugh to see how fools are vexéd To add to golden numbers , golden numbers ? O , sweet content ! O , sweet content ! Work apace , apace , apace ...
... sweet content ! Art thou rich , yet is thy mind perplexéd ? Oh , punishment ! Dost thou laugh to see how fools are vexéd To add to golden numbers , golden numbers ? O , sweet content ! O , sweet content ! Work apace , apace , apace ...
Page 181
... Sweet Spirit , comfort me ! . . . When the Judgment is revealed , And that opened which was sealed , When to Thee I have appealed , Sweet Spirit , comfort me ! - The Spenserians with their verse " as smooth , as soft as cream " ; Ben ...
... Sweet Spirit , comfort me ! . . . When the Judgment is revealed , And that opened which was sealed , When to Thee I have appealed , Sweet Spirit , comfort me ! - The Spenserians with their verse " as smooth , as soft as cream " ; Ben ...
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... sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming , and look brighter when we come ; ' Tis sweet to be awakened by the lark , Or lulled by falling waters ; sweet the hum Of bees , the voice of girls , the song of birds , The lisp of ...
... sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming , and look brighter when we come ; ' Tis sweet to be awakened by the lark , Or lulled by falling waters ; sweet the hum Of bees , the voice of girls , the song of birds , The lisp of ...
Contents
THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
27 | 44 |
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