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 350
And I wept both night and day , And he wiped my tears away , And I wept both day and night , And hid from him my heart's delight . So he took his wings and fled ; Then the morn blushed rosy red ; I dried my tears , and armed my fears ...
And I wept both night and day , And he wiped my tears away , And I wept both day and night , And hid from him my heart's delight . So he took his wings and fled ; Then the morn blushed rosy red ; I dried my tears , and armed my fears ...
Page 489
Morning sought 120 Her eastern watch - tower , and her hair unbound , Wet with the tears which should adorn the ground , Dimmed the aëreal ... Like dew upon a sleeping flower , there lies A tear some Dream has loosened from his brain .
Morning sought 120 Her eastern watch - tower , and her hair unbound , Wet with the tears which should adorn the ground , Dimmed the aëreal ... Like dew upon a sleeping flower , there lies A tear some Dream has loosened from his brain .
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20 ' TEARS , IDLE TEARS ' : another lyrical poem from The Princess 10 And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But , oh , for the touch of a vanished hand , And the sound of a voice that is still !
20 ' TEARS , IDLE TEARS ' : another lyrical poem from The Princess 10 And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But , oh , for the touch of a vanished hand , And the sound of a voice that is still !
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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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