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 397
... shine Whatever makes heavn's forhead fine . But we'are deceived all . Starres indeed they are too true ; For they but seem to fall , As Heavn's other spangles doe . It is not for our earth and us To shine in Things so pretious . Upwards ...
... shine Whatever makes heavn's forhead fine . But we'are deceived all . Starres indeed they are too true ; For they but seem to fall , As Heavn's other spangles doe . It is not for our earth and us To shine in Things so pretious . Upwards ...
Page 490
... shine . LILY BRIGHT AND SHINE - A " Here comes a lusty wooer , My a dildin , my a daldin ; Here comes a lusty wooer , Lily bright and shine - a . " " Pray who do you woo ? My a dildin , my a daldin ; Pray who do you woo ? Lily bright and ...
... shine . LILY BRIGHT AND SHINE - A " Here comes a lusty wooer , My a dildin , my a daldin ; Here comes a lusty wooer , Lily bright and shine - a . " " Pray who do you woo ? My a dildin , my a daldin ; Pray who do you woo ? Lily bright and ...
Page 554
... shine . The Atoms of Democritus And Newton's Particles of light Are sands upon the Red sea shore , Where Israel's tents do shine so bright . A DIVINE IMAGE Cruelty has a Human Heart , And 554 William Blake SOFT SNOW THE SICK ROSE AH ...
... shine . The Atoms of Democritus And Newton's Particles of light Are sands upon the Red sea shore , Where Israel's tents do shine so bright . A DIVINE IMAGE Cruelty has a Human Heart , And 554 William Blake SOFT SNOW THE SICK ROSE AH ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
SUNSET ON CALVARY | 17 |
Geoffrey Chaucer 1340?1400 | 30 |
Copyright | |
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