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... died , had no equal for making and sing- ing English verse . He used to stand on the bridge leading to the town where he lived , and as the traders went back and forth , he sang them songs to catch their attention ; then min- gled with ...
... died , had no equal for making and sing- ing English verse . He used to stand on the bridge leading to the town where he lived , and as the traders went back and forth , he sang them songs to catch their attention ; then min- gled with ...
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... died in 735 and was buried in the monastery where he had so long lived ; but in the middle of the eleventh century his bones were taken to Durham Cathedral , where his tomb may still be seen . 17. Decline of Early English Literature ...
... died in 735 and was buried in the monastery where he had so long lived ; but in the middle of the eleventh century his bones were taken to Durham Cathedral , where his tomb may still be seen . 17. Decline of Early English Literature ...
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... there , white and sweet , redolent with the odor of sanctity , every one ; each man had been buried , as he had died , in his monastic habit , and his shoes upon his feet , too ! Aye , Blush and such shoes shoes made for wear and not 23.
... there , white and sweet , redolent with the odor of sanctity , every one ; each man had been buried , as he had died , in his monastic habit , and his shoes upon his feet , too ! Aye , Blush and such shoes shoes made for wear and not 23.
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... died in a house near Westminster Abbey and was buried within the Abbey's walls , the first poet to be laid in what is now called Poets ' Corner . 7. The Canterbury Tales . Chaucer wrote much , but the Canterbury Tales is his greatest ...
... died in a house near Westminster Abbey and was buried within the Abbey's walls , the first poet to be laid in what is now called Poets ' Corner . 7. The Canterbury Tales . Chaucer wrote much , but the Canterbury Tales is his greatest ...
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... died . Lydgate was a gay and pleasant person , a graduate of Oxford and a monk of Bury . He traveled in France and Italy , and was well acquainted with the literature of his time . As a poet he was very prolific , but long - winded ...
... died . Lydgate was a gay and pleasant person , a graduate of Oxford and a monk of Bury . He traveled in France and Italy , and was well acquainted with the literature of his time . As a poet he was very prolific , but long - winded ...
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Page 66 - AND is there care in heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is...
Page 82 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits, and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms...
Page 84 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 83 - ... tis nobler in the mind, to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune ; Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And, by opposing, end them ? To die — to sleep...
Page 82 - With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon.
Page 155 - On Linden, when the sun was low All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser rolling rapidly.
Page 124 - And, certes,* in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind. What is a lordling's pomp ? A cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind!
Page 124 - And, oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle.
Page 83 - To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time.
Page 82 - With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side ; His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound : last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness, and mere oblivion ; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.