The Centuries' Poetry: Chaucer to ShakespeareDenys Kilham Roberts Penguin Books, 1950 - English poetry |
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... sweet unto a shepherd as a king , And sweeter too ; For kings have cares that wait upon a crown , And cares can make the sweetest love to frown : Ah then ! ah then ! If country loves such sweet desires gain , What lady would not love a ...
... sweet unto a shepherd as a king , And sweeter too ; For kings have cares that wait upon a crown , And cares can make the sweetest love to frown : Ah then ! ah then ! If country loves such sweet desires gain , What lady would not love a ...
Page 102
... Sweet is the juniper , but sharp his bough ; Sweet is the eglantine , but pricketh near ; Sweet is the fir - bloom , but his branches rough ; Sweet is the cypress , but his rind is tough ; Sweet is the nut , but bitter is his pill ...
... Sweet is the juniper , but sharp his bough ; Sweet is the eglantine , but pricketh near ; Sweet is the fir - bloom , but his branches rough ; Sweet is the cypress , but his rind is tough ; Sweet is the nut , but bitter is his pill ...
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... sweet Spring , is the year's pleasant king Sweet is the rose , but grows upon a brere 103 122 102 Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness 49 That time of year thou mayst in me behold 154 The barge she sat in , like a burnished throne 147 ...
... sweet Spring , is the year's pleasant king Sweet is the rose , but grows upon a brere 103 122 102 Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness 49 That time of year thou mayst in me behold 154 The barge she sat in , like a burnished throne 147 ...
Contents
GEOFFREY CHAUCER | 13 |
From The Nuns Priests Tale | 33 |
Chaucers Wordes unto Adam His Own Scriveyn | 39 |
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