English Poems from Chaucer to KiplingThomas Marc Parrott, Augustus White Long |
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... fame is due . Moreover , Shakespeare is , in the mere matter of expression , the greatest of English poets . His songs and sonnets alone would entitle him to a high place among lyric poets ; but his peculiar glory lies in the wonderful ...
... fame is due . Moreover , Shakespeare is , in the mere matter of expression , the greatest of English poets . His songs and sonnets alone would entitle him to a high place among lyric poets ; but his peculiar glory lies in the wonderful ...
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... Fame , The Legende of Goode Women , and , greatest of all , The Canterbury Tales . Chaucer's most prominent traits are his humor , his shrewdness , his gentle satire , his wide sympathy with life on all its sides , and his very unusual ...
... Fame , The Legende of Goode Women , and , greatest of all , The Canterbury Tales . Chaucer's most prominent traits are his humor , his shrewdness , his gentle satire , his wide sympathy with life on all its sides , and his very unusual ...
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... fame been raised . 25 30 And for myself ( quoth he ) , This my full rest shall be , England ne'er mourn for me , 35 Victor I will remain , Nor more esteem me . Or on this earth lie slain , Never shall she sustain Loss to redeem me ...
... fame been raised . 25 30 And for myself ( quoth he ) , This my full rest shall be , England ne'er mourn for me , 35 Victor I will remain , Nor more esteem me . Or on this earth lie slain , Never shall she sustain Loss to redeem me ...
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... Bore them right doughtily , Ferrers and Fanhope . Upon Saint Crispin's day Fought was this noble fray , Which fame did not delay To England to carry ; 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 O when shall English men , With such acts fill 58 ENGLISH POEMS.
... Bore them right doughtily , Ferrers and Fanhope . Upon Saint Crispin's day Fought was this noble fray , Which fame did not delay To England to carry ; 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 O when shall English men , With such acts fill 58 ENGLISH POEMS.
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... fame to - day rests chiefly upon his satires and his odes . Dryden perhaps had a larger personal following in London than any of the great poets who lived before him . He was the chief literary figure of his day . He held his court at ...
... fame to - day rests chiefly upon his satires and his odes . Dryden perhaps had a larger personal following in London than any of the great poets who lived before him . He was the chief literary figure of his day . He held his court at ...
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