An Oxford Anthology of English PoetryHoward Foster Lowry, Willard Thorp |
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... beauty made the woeful'st wight , 50 By beauty might have comfort after death ; That dying fairest , by the fairest might Find life above on earth , and rest beneath . She that can bless us with one happy breath , Give comfort to thy ...
... beauty made the woeful'st wight , 50 By beauty might have comfort after death ; That dying fairest , by the fairest might Find life above on earth , and rest beneath . She that can bless us with one happy breath , Give comfort to thy ...
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... beauty stands With all assaulting powers environéd ; 100 Having but prayers and weak feeble hands . To hold their honour's fort unvanquished ; There where to stand and be unconqueréd Is to b'above the nature of our kind , That cannot ...
... beauty stands With all assaulting powers environéd ; 100 Having but prayers and weak feeble hands . To hold their honour's fort unvanquished ; There where to stand and be unconqueréd Is to b'above the nature of our kind , That cannot ...
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... beauty still . Three win- ters cold Have from the forests shook three sum- mers ' pride , Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turn'd In process of the seasons have I seen , Three April perfumes in three hot Junes burn'd , Since ...
... beauty still . Three win- ters cold Have from the forests shook three sum- mers ' pride , Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turn'd In process of the seasons have I seen , Three April perfumes in three hot Junes burn'd , Since ...
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The Prologue of the Pardoners Tale | 29 |
The Prioresss Prologue | 38 |
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