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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545 550 500 He to his own a Comforter will send , The promise of the Father , who shall dwell His spirit within them ; and the law of faith , Working through love , upon their hearts shall write , To guide them in all truth ; and also ...
545 550 500 He to his own a Comforter will send , The promise of the Father , who shall dwell His spirit within them ; and the law of faith , Working through love , upon their hearts shall write , To guide them in all truth ; and also ...
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Was agitated ; yea , I could almost Have prayed that throughout earth upon all men , By patient exercise of reason made Worthy of liberty , all spirits filled With zeal expanding in Truth's holy light , The gift of tongues might fall ...
Was agitated ; yea , I could almost Have prayed that throughout earth upon all men , By patient exercise of reason made Worthy of liberty , all spirits filled With zeal expanding in Truth's holy light , The gift of tongues might fall ...
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10 15 20 25 30 85 That energy by which he seeks the truth , From her that happy stillness of the mind Which fits him to receive it when unsought . Such benefit the humblest intellects Partake of , each in their degree ; ' tis mine To ...
10 15 20 25 30 85 That energy by which he seeks the truth , From her that happy stillness of the mind Which fits him to receive it when unsought . Such benefit the humblest intellects Partake of , each in their degree ; ' tis mine To ...
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Contents
12122 | 44 |
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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