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 245
... Thine eare to'our sighes , teares , thoughts gives voice and word . O Thou who Satan heard'st in Jobs sicke day , Heare thy selfe now , for thou in us ... thine . That learning , thine Ambassador , From thine allegeance wee John Donne 245.
... Thine eare to'our sighes , teares , thoughts gives voice and word . O Thou who Satan heard'st in Jobs sicke day , Heare thy selfe now , for thou in us ... thine . That learning , thine Ambassador , From thine allegeance wee John Donne 245.
Page 388
... thine own self curl'd ; Instruct me softly to make hast , Whilst these my Feet go slowly fast . Compendious Snayl ! thou seem'st to me Large Euclids strickt Epitome ; And in each Diagram , dost Fling Thee from the point unto the Ring ...
... thine own self curl'd ; Instruct me softly to make hast , Whilst these my Feet go slowly fast . Compendious Snayl ! thou seem'st to me Large Euclids strickt Epitome ; And in each Diagram , dost Fling Thee from the point unto the Ring ...
Page 393
... thine eyes break from their EAST And chase the trembling shades away . We saw thee ; and we blest the sight , We saw thee by thine own sweet light . TITYRUS . Poor WORLD ( said I ) what wilt thou doe To entertain this starry STRANGER ...
... thine eyes break from their EAST And chase the trembling shades away . We saw thee ; and we blest the sight , We saw thee by thine own sweet light . TITYRUS . Poor WORLD ( said I ) what wilt thou doe To entertain this starry STRANGER ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
SUNSET ON CALVARY | 17 |
Geoffrey Chaucer 1340?1400 | 30 |
Copyright | |
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