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... Baited like eagles having lately bath'd , Glittering in golden coats , like images , As full of spirit as the month of May , And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer , Wanton as youthful goats , wild as young bulls .
... Baited like eagles having lately bath'd , Glittering in golden coats , like images , As full of spirit as the month of May , And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer , Wanton as youthful goats , wild as young bulls .
Page 171
When thou reviewest this , thou dost review The very part was consecrate to thee : The earth can have but earth , which is his due ; My spirit is thine , the better part of me : So then thou hast but lost the dregs of life , The prey of ...
When thou reviewest this , thou dost review The very part was consecrate to thee : The earth can have but earth , which is his due ; My spirit is thine , the better part of me : So then thou hast but lost the dregs of life , The prey of ...
Page 267
... destruction laid thus low , As far as gods and heav'nly essences Can perish : for the mind and spirit remains Invincible , and vigor soon returns , Though all our glory extinct , and happy state Here swallowed up in endless misery .
... destruction laid thus low , As far as gods and heav'nly essences Can perish : for the mind and spirit remains Invincible , and vigor soon returns , Though all our glory extinct , and happy state Here swallowed up in endless misery .
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Contents
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
GEORGE CHAPMAN 15601634 | 54 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry: Spencer to Crabbe Oxford Paperbacks Volume 1 of The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry, Oxford library of English poetry |
| Author | Oxford library of English poetry |
| Editor | John Wain |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0192827987, 9780192827982 |
| Length | 659 pages |
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