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It strikes , it strikes ; now , body , turn to air , Or Lucifer will bear thee quick to Hell . [ Thunder and lightning . O soul , be changed into little water - drops , And fall into the ocean : ne'er be found .
It strikes , it strikes ; now , body , turn to air , Or Lucifer will bear thee quick to Hell . [ Thunder and lightning . O soul , be changed into little water - drops , And fall into the ocean : ne'er be found .
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It is not growing like a tree In bulk , doth make man better be ; Or standing long an oak , three hundred year , To fall a log at last , dry , bald , and sere : A lily of a day Is fairer far in May , Although it fall and die that night- ...
It is not growing like a tree In bulk , doth make man better be ; Or standing long an oak , three hundred year , To fall a log at last , dry , bald , and sere : A lily of a day Is fairer far in May , Although it fall and die that night- ...
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What matters where we fall to fill the maws Of worms - on battle - plains or listed spot ? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot . I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand - his manly brow Consents to death ...
What matters where we fall to fill the maws Of worms - on battle - plains or listed spot ? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot . I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand - his manly brow Consents to death ...
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Contents
GEOFFREY CHAUCER 13401400 | 1 |
WILLIAM CAXTON 1422 ?1491 | 10 |
STEPHEN HAWES d 1523 | 17 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Book 4 Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Elizabeth Lee |
| Editor | Elizabeth Lee |
| Published | 1913 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 Jan 2008 |
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