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 290
... poore Tom . KENT . What art thou that dost grumble there i ' th ' straw ? Come forth . EDGAR . Away , the foule Fiend followes me , through the sharpe Hauthorne blow the windes . Humh , goe to thy bed and warme thee . LEAR . Did'st thou ...
... poore Tom . KENT . What art thou that dost grumble there i ' th ' straw ? Come forth . EDGAR . Away , the foule Fiend followes me , through the sharpe Hauthorne blow the windes . Humh , goe to thy bed and warme thee . LEAR . Did'st thou ...
Page 291
... poore , bare , forked Animall as thou art . Off , off you Lendings : Come , unbutton heere . [ Enter Gloucester , with a Torch . ] FOOLE . Prythee Nunckle be contented , ' tis a naughtie night to swimme in . Now a little fire in a wilde ...
... poore , bare , forked Animall as thou art . Off , off you Lendings : Come , unbutton heere . [ Enter Gloucester , with a Torch . ] FOOLE . Prythee Nunckle be contented , ' tis a naughtie night to swimme in . Now a little fire in a wilde ...
Page 316
... Poore venomous Foole , Be angry , and dispatch . Oh could'st thou speake , That I might heare thee call great Cæsar Asse , Unpolicied . CHARMIAN . CLEOPATRA . Oh Easterne Starre . Peace , peace : Dost thou not see my Baby at my breast ...
... Poore venomous Foole , Be angry , and dispatch . Oh could'st thou speake , That I might heare thee call great Cæsar Asse , Unpolicied . CHARMIAN . CLEOPATRA . Oh Easterne Starre . Peace , peace : Dost thou not see my Baby at my breast ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
SUNSET ON CALVARY | 17 |
Geoffrey Chaucer 1340?1400 | 30 |
Copyright | |
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