Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Book 4Elizabeth Lee 1913 |
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Page 168
... O'er her warm cheek , and rising bosom , move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love . II . 1 . Man's feeble race what ills await ! Labour , and Penury , the racks of Pain , Disease and Sorrow's weeping train , And Death ...
... O'er her warm cheek , and rising bosom , move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love . II . 1 . Man's feeble race what ills await ! Labour , and Penury , the racks of Pain , Disease and Sorrow's weeping train , And Death ...
Page 242
... o'er , For us repeopled were the solitary shore . The spouseless Adriatic mourns her Lord , And annual marriage now no more renewed- The Bucentaur lies rotting unrestored , Neglected garment of her widowhood ! St. Mark yet sees his lion ...
... o'er , For us repeopled were the solitary shore . The spouseless Adriatic mourns her Lord , And annual marriage now no more renewed- The Bucentaur lies rotting unrestored , Neglected garment of her widowhood ! St. Mark yet sees his lion ...
Page 243
... o'er Venice ' lovely walls . When Athens ' armies fell at Syracuse , And fettered thousands bore the yoke of war , Redemption rose up in the attic house , Her voice their only ransom from afar ; See ! as they chant their tragic hymn ...
... o'er Venice ' lovely walls . When Athens ' armies fell at Syracuse , And fettered thousands bore the yoke of war , Redemption rose up in the attic house , Her voice their only ransom from afar ; See ! as they chant their tragic hymn ...
Contents
GEOFFREY CHAUCER 13401400 | 1 |
WILLIAM CAXTON 1422 ?1491 | 10 |
STEPHEN HAWES d 1523 | 17 |
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