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... bring : With the speke ihc scholde ; Seie 24 me what thu woldest . Seie , and ich schal here , 416 What thi wille were . " 4 they 2 drown 3 pagan enemy 5 I 6 sound 7 he 1 8 experience 9 went 13 bower 14 go 12 11 10 then pour courteous ...
... bring : With the speke ihc scholde ; Seie 24 me what thu woldest . Seie , and ich schal here , 416 What thi wille were . " 4 they 2 drown 3 pagan enemy 5 I 6 sound 7 he 1 8 experience 9 went 13 bower 14 go 12 11 10 then pour courteous ...
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... bring , All men are happy when I sing ; They all rejoice , when I appear , And hope for me another year . Blossoms begin to spring and grow , On tree , in mead , and in hedge - row ; The lily with her fair white hue Doth welcome me , I ...
... bring , All men are happy when I sing ; They all rejoice , when I appear , And hope for me another year . Blossoms begin to spring and grow , On tree , in mead , and in hedge - row ; The lily with her fair white hue Doth welcome me , I ...
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... bring , His pride were soon not worth a song , In value less than a red herring . O maid , if thou wilt love full long , I will show thee a loyal king . Ah , my sweet , if thou but knew The blessed virtues of this Lord ! He is fair and ...
... bring , His pride were soon not worth a song , In value less than a red herring . O maid , if thou wilt love full long , I will show thee a loyal king . Ah , my sweet , if thou but knew The blessed virtues of this Lord ! He is fair and ...
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... bring , For she my love hath won . A blessed fortune is my lot , ' Tis sent to me from Heaven , I wot , To other women my love turns not But lights on Alison . Fair enough in hue her hair , Her brows are brown , and black her She smiled ...
... bring , For she my love hath won . A blessed fortune is my lot , ' Tis sent to me from Heaven , I wot , To other women my love turns not But lights on Alison . Fair enough in hue her hair , Her brows are brown , and black her She smiled ...
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... bring , and eke Of thy blissful bower give me sight . " Sweetly God shield her ! did she speak : " That tower may enter no earthly wight ; But of the Lamb did I favour seek That thou from afar shouldst see its light ; From without that ...
... bring , and eke Of thy blissful bower give me sight . " Sweetly God shield her ! did she speak : " That tower may enter no earthly wight ; But of the Lamb did I favour seek That thou from afar shouldst see its light ; From without that ...
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Ęsop Battle of Otterburn beauty breath bright called Chaucer dark dead dear death delight doth dream earth English eyes face fair father fear feel flowers forto Gawain hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart Heaven Hind Horn honour human king King Arthur kyng lady Lady of Shalott Layamon light live look Lord mind Mother nature never night nymph o'er once Oxus pain pass passion play pleasure poem poet quoth rest Rhodope rose round Rustum sayd sche shal sigh sing sleep smile song sorrow soul sound spirit stars stood sweet Tabary tears tell thanne thee ther thine things thou art thought tion Twas unto voice weep wild wind wolde wonder word wyfe wyll young youth ΙΟ
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Page 523 - Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
Page 206 - I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth ; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye.
Page 439 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While throng'd the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips — »The foe! They come! they come!« And wild and high the 'Cameron's gathering...
Page 442 - The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee and arbiter of war, — These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride or spoils of Trafalgar.
Page 467 - Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.
Page 546 - The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough of cherries some officious fool Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule She rode with round the terrace all and each Would draw from her alike the approving speech, Or blush, at least.
Page 455 - Loose clouds like earth's decaying leaves are shed, Shook from the tangled boughs of Heaven and Ocean, Angels of rain and lightning: there are spread On the blue surface of thine airy surge, Like the bright hair uplifted from the head...
Page 259 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side...
Page 638 - Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more, day by day, You tell me of our future that you planned: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, Better by far you should forget...
Page 388 - I only have relinquished one delight To live beneath your more habitual sway. I love the Brooks which down their channels fret, Even more than when I tripped lightly as they ; The innocent brightness of a new-born Day Is lovely yet ; The Clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober colouring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality ; Another race hath been, and other palms are won. Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ;...