Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Book 4Elizabeth Lee 1913 |
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Page 83
... Lycidas is dead , dead ere his prime , Young Lycidas , and hath not left his peer . Who would not sing for Lycidas ? He knew Himself to sing , and build the lofty rhyme . He must not float upon his wat❜ry bier Unwept , and welter to ...
... Lycidas is dead , dead ere his prime , Young Lycidas , and hath not left his peer . Who would not sing for Lycidas ? He knew Himself to sing , and build the lofty rhyme . He must not float upon his wat❜ry bier Unwept , and welter to ...
Page 84
... Lycidas , thy loss to shepherd's ear . Where were ye , Nymphs , when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep , Where your old bards , the famous Druids , lie , Nor on ...
... Lycidas , thy loss to shepherd's ear . Where were ye , Nymphs , when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep , Where your old bards , the famous Druids , lie , Nor on ...
Page 87
... Lycidas , your sorrow , is not dead , Sunk though he be beneath the wat❜ry floor ; So sinks the day - star in the ocean bed , And yet anon repairs his drooping head , And tricks his beams , and with new - spangled ore Flames in the ...
... Lycidas , your sorrow , is not dead , Sunk though he be beneath the wat❜ry floor ; So sinks the day - star in the ocean bed , And yet anon repairs his drooping head , And tricks his beams , and with new - spangled ore Flames in the ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 13401400 | 1 |
WILLIAM CAXTON 1422 ?1491 | 10 |
STEPHEN HAWES d 1523 | 17 |
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