The Atlantic Book of British and American Poetry, Volume 2Edith Sitwell Little, Brown, 1958 - 1092 pages The Atlantic Book of British and American Poetry is the Life's work of a master reader and a practicing major poet: Dame Edith Sitwell. In a volume which is a labor of love as well as of scholarship, Dame Edith has brought together within the covers of a single book the best of poetry in English, from the earliest pre-Chaucerian lyrics to the British and American poets of the 1950's. -Book leaf |
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Page 196
... golden Slumbers ? O sweet content ! Art thou rich yet in thy mind perplexed ? O punnishment . Dost thou laugh to see how fooles are vexed ? To ad to golden numbers , golden numbers . O sweet content , O sweet content . Work apace ...
... golden Slumbers ? O sweet content ! Art thou rich yet in thy mind perplexed ? O punnishment . Dost thou laugh to see how fooles are vexed ? To ad to golden numbers , golden numbers . O sweet content , O sweet content . Work apace ...
Page 398
... Golden though he be , Golden Tagus murmures tho ; Were his way by thee , Content and quiet he would goe . So much more rich would he esteem Thy sylver , then his golden stream . Well does the May that lyes Smiling in thy cheeks ...
... Golden though he be , Golden Tagus murmures tho ; Were his way by thee , Content and quiet he would goe . So much more rich would he esteem Thy sylver , then his golden stream . Well does the May that lyes Smiling in thy cheeks ...
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... Golden Gate . ) And they take young whales for their bronchos And old whales for their steeds , Harnessed with golden sea weeds , And driven with golden reeds . . . And they feed the cuttlefishes , whales and skates With dates and figs ...
... Golden Gate . ) And they take young whales for their bronchos And old whales for their steeds , Harnessed with golden sea weeds , And driven with golden reeds . . . And they feed the cuttlefishes , whales and skates With dates and figs ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
SUNSET ON CALVARY | 17 |
Geoffrey Chaucer 1340?1400 | 30 |
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