The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to Keats |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 52
Page 209
... Nor wears a rosy blush , nor sheds perfume ; The few dull flowers that o'er the place are spread Partake the nature of their fenny bed ; Here on its wiry stem , in rigid bloom , Grows the salt lavender that lacks perfume ; Here the ...
... Nor wears a rosy blush , nor sheds perfume ; The few dull flowers that o'er the place are spread Partake the nature of their fenny bed ; Here on its wiry stem , in rigid bloom , Grows the salt lavender that lacks perfume ; Here the ...
Page 220
... And ' Thou shalt not ' writ over the door ; So I turn'd to the Garden of Love That so many sweet flowers bore ; And I saw it was filled with graves , And tomb - stones where flowers should be ; And Priests in black gowns were ...
... And ' Thou shalt not ' writ over the door ; So I turn'd to the Garden of Love That so many sweet flowers bore ; And I saw it was filled with graves , And tomb - stones where flowers should be ; And Priests in black gowns were ...
Page 248
Her seymar was the lily flower , And her cheek the moss - rose in the shower ; And her voice like the distant melodye ... keepèd afar frae the haunts of men ; Her holy hymns unheard to sing , To suck the flowers , and drink the spring .
Her seymar was the lily flower , And her cheek the moss - rose in the shower ; And her voice like the distant melodye ... keepèd afar frae the haunts of men ; Her holy hymns unheard to sing , To suck the flowers , and drink the spring .
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL OF DORSET 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
Copyright | |
32 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ancient arms beauty beneath bless blood breath bright charms clouds cold comes dark dead dear death deep delight dream earth eyes face fair fear feel fields fire flowers give gone grave green hand happy head hear heard heart Heaven hill hope hour kings land leaves less light live look mind morning Nature never night o'er once pain pale pass pleasure poor praise pride rest rise rose round seen sense shade side sigh silent sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit spread stood stream sweet tears tell thee thine things thou thought Till tree turn voice waves wild wind wings wish woods young youth
References to this book
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to Keats Volume 2 of The Oxford Library of English Poetry, John Wain |
| Editor | John Wain |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 23 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0192122460, 9780192122469 |
| Length | 511 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |