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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Page 81
... in love . a 5 THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE The corn , that in the ground is sown , first dies , And of one seed do many ears arise ; Love , this world's corn , by dying multiplies . COME live with me , and be my love , And we ...
... in love . a 5 THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE The corn , that in the ground is sown , first dies , And of one seed do many ears arise ; Love , this world's corn , by dying multiplies . COME live with me , and be my love , And we ...
Page 136
... youthful Jollity , Quips and cranks and wanton wiles , Nods and becks and wreathèd smiles , Such as hang on Hebe's cheek , And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides , And Laughter holding both his sides .
... youthful Jollity , Quips and cranks and wanton wiles , Nods and becks and wreathèd smiles , Such as hang on Hebe's cheek , And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides , And Laughter holding both his sides .
Page 564
Far and few , far and few , Are the lands where the Jumblies live ; Their heads are green , and their hands are blue , And they went to sea in a Sieve . The moon , The moon , They danced by the light of the moon .
Far and few , far and few , Are the lands where the Jumblies live ; Their heads are green , and their hands are blue , And they went to sea in a Sieve . The moon , The moon , They danced by the light of the moon .
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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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