The Times Book of English VerseThe most comprehensive survey of English Verse available, covering seven centuries, from Chaucer to Heaney, and including longer poems - such as Paradise Lost and The Prelude - in their entirety. |
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ARTHUR GOLDING From OVID'S METAMORPHOSES more [ ICARUS ] AS SOON AS Minos came a - land in Crete , he by and by Performed his vows to Jupiter in causing for to die A hundred bulls for sacrifice . And then he did adorn His palace with ...
ARTHUR GOLDING From OVID'S METAMORPHOSES more [ ICARUS ] AS SOON AS Minos came a - land in Crete , he by and by Performed his vows to Jupiter in causing for to die A hundred bulls for sacrifice . And then he did adorn His palace with ...
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AS YOU CAME FROM THE HOLY LAND ' : 1 the holy land of Walsingham : a village in Norfolk , site of the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham 31 list : chooses 32 fast : constant 33 dureless : not enduring or lasting ' AS YOU CAME FROM THE ...
AS YOU CAME FROM THE HOLY LAND ' : 1 the holy land of Walsingham : a village in Norfolk , site of the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham 31 list : chooses 32 fast : constant 33 dureless : not enduring or lasting ' AS YOU CAME FROM THE ...
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160 The grandchild , with twelve sons increased , departs From Canaan to a land hereafter called 156 Egypt , divided by the river Nile See where it flows , disgorging at seven mouths Into the sea . To sojourn in that land He comes ...
160 The grandchild , with twelve sons increased , departs From Canaan to a land hereafter called 156 Egypt , divided by the river Nile See where it flows , disgorging at seven mouths Into the sea . To sojourn in that land He comes ...
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Thomas Traherne 163774 | 74 |
Thomas Campion 15671620 | 98 |
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| Title | The Times Book of English Verse Times books |
| Editor | Edward Leeson |
| Compiled by | Edward Leeson |
| Contributor | Times Books (Firm) |
| Publisher | Times Books, 2004 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 000472450X, 9780004724508 |
| Length | 703 pages |
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