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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FOLLOW thy fair sun , unhappy shadow : Though thou be black as night And she made all of light , Yet follow thy fair sun , unhappy shadow ! 5 But still moves delight , Like clear springs renewed by flowing , Ever perfect , ever in ...
FOLLOW thy fair sun , unhappy shadow : Though thou be black as night And she made all of light , Yet follow thy fair sun , unhappy shadow ! 5 But still moves delight , Like clear springs renewed by flowing , Ever perfect , ever in ...
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5 If my puffed light be out , give leave to tine My shameless snuff at that bright Lamp of thine ; Oh , what's thy Light the less for lighting mine ? 40 FRANCIS QUARLES If I have lost my Path , great Shepherd , say , Shall I still ...
5 If my puffed light be out , give leave to tine My shameless snuff at that bright Lamp of thine ; Oh , what's thy Light the less for lighting mine ? 40 FRANCIS QUARLES If I have lost my Path , great Shepherd , say , Shall I still ...
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What Adonais is , why fear we to become ? a The One remains , the many change and pass ; 460 Heaven's light forever shines , Earth's shadows fly ; Life , like a dome of many - coloured glass , Stains the white radiance of Eternity ...
What Adonais is , why fear we to become ? a The One remains , the many change and pass ; 460 Heaven's light forever shines , Earth's shadows fly ; Life , like a dome of many - coloured glass , Stains the white radiance of Eternity ...
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Contents
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Thomas Traherne 163774 | 74 |
Thomas Campion 15671620 | 98 |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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