English Poems from Chaucer to KiplingThomas Marc Parrott, Augustus White Long |
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... charm of style to become such a national literary figure as Chaucer was . The poet was born and brought up in London , where his father was a wine merchant . That his father was a man of standing is shown by the fact that he and his ...
... charm of style to become such a national literary figure as Chaucer was . The poet was born and brought up in London , where his father was a wine merchant . That his father was a man of standing is shown by the fact that he and his ...
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... not securing any per- manent position in England . Some time after his return to Ireland Spenser married a charm- ing lady whom he had wooed in a series of beautiful sonnets . For his own wedding he wrote his Epithalamion , the 32 SPENSER.
... not securing any per- manent position in England . Some time after his return to Ireland Spenser married a charm- ing lady whom he had wooed in a series of beautiful sonnets . For his own wedding he wrote his Epithalamion , the 32 SPENSER.
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... charm thee ! Ghost unlaid forbear thee ! Nothing ill come near thee ! Quiet consummation have ; And renowned be thy grave ! HARK ! HARK ! THE LARK HARK ! hark ! the lark at heaven's gate sings , And Phoebus ' gins arise , His steeds to ...
... charm thee ! Ghost unlaid forbear thee ! Nothing ill come near thee ! Quiet consummation have ; And renowned be thy grave ! HARK ! HARK ! THE LARK HARK ! hark ! the lark at heaven's gate sings , And Phoebus ' gins arise , His steeds to ...
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... charm To bless the doors from nightly harm . Or let my lamp , at midnight hour , Be seen in some high lonely tower , Where I may oft outwatch the Bear , With thrice great Hermes , or unsphere The spirit of Plato , to unfold What worlds ...
... charm To bless the doors from nightly harm . Or let my lamp , at midnight hour , Be seen in some high lonely tower , Where I may oft outwatch the Bear , With thrice great Hermes , or unsphere The spirit of Plato , to unfold What worlds ...
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... charm and perfect art in poetry be more easily acquired than by an intimate acquaintance with the best songs of the best poets of this delightful group . TO HIS MISTRESS THE QUEEN OF BOHEMIA You meaner beauties 74 CAVALIER POETS.
... charm and perfect art in poetry be more easily acquired than by an intimate acquaintance with the best songs of the best poets of this delightful group . TO HIS MISTRESS THE QUEEN OF BOHEMIA You meaner beauties 74 CAVALIER POETS.
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