The Outline of English VerseGeorge Herbert Cowling Macmillan and Company, limited, 1935 - 530 pages |
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... light And lively spirits from that fayrest starre , Which lights the world forth from his firie carre . Which powre retayning still , or more or less , When she in fleshly seede is eft enraced , 95 100 105 110 Through every part she ...
... light And lively spirits from that fayrest starre , Which lights the world forth from his firie carre . Which powre retayning still , or more or less , When she in fleshly seede is eft enraced , 95 100 105 110 Through every part she ...
Page 356
... light , this glory , this fair luminous mist , This beautiful and beauty - making power . Joy , virtuous Lady ! Joy that ne'er was given , Save to the pure , and in their purest hour , 65 Life , and Life's effluence , cloud at once and ...
... light , this glory , this fair luminous mist , This beautiful and beauty - making power . Joy , virtuous Lady ! Joy that ne'er was given , Save to the pure , and in their purest hour , 65 Life , and Life's effluence , cloud at once and ...
Page 435
... light forever shines , Earth's shadows fly ; Life , like a dome of many - coloured glass , Stains the white radiance of Eternity , Until Death tramples it to fragments . - Die , If thou wouldst be with that which thou dost seek ! Follow ...
... light forever shines , Earth's shadows fly ; Life , like a dome of many - coloured glass , Stains the white radiance of Eternity , Until Death tramples it to fragments . - Die , If thou wouldst be with that which thou dost seek ! Follow ...
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Absalom and Achitophel Andrew Marvell Angels beauty Ben Jonson blest bliss called charms Chaucer chese crown death delight diction doth Dryden Dunciad earth eccho ring English Epithalamion ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fayre fear flowers foes glory goddess goodly grace hair hand hast hath heart Heaven heavenly heroic couplet honour Hymen Jebusites Jove king lady light live lock Lord lovers Lycidas Milton mind Muse Nature ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er Pindar pleasure poem poet poetic poetry Pope Popish Plot pow'r praise pride Puritan Queen Sanhedrin satire scorn seyde shade shal Shanter shine sight sing smile song sonnets soul Spenser spirit stanza star sweet tears Thalestris Thames thee theyr thine things thou thought throne Titus Oates unto verse voice wind woods Wordsworth youth ΙΟ