Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Book 4Elizabeth Lee 1913 |
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Page 248
... GAVE TO MAN . PROMETHEUS Saw , and waked the legioned hopes . Which sleep within folded Elysian flowers , Nepenthe , Moly , Amaranth , fadeless blooms , That they might hide with thin and rainbow wings The shape of Death ; and Love he ...
... GAVE TO MAN . PROMETHEUS Saw , and waked the legioned hopes . Which sleep within folded Elysian flowers , Nepenthe , Moly , Amaranth , fadeless blooms , That they might hide with thin and rainbow wings The shape of Death ; and Love he ...
Page 249
... gave man speech , and speech created thought , Which is the measure of the universe ; And Science struck the thrones of earth and heaven , Which shook , but fell not ; and the harmonious mind Poured itself forth in all - prophetic song ...
... gave man speech , and speech created thought , Which is the measure of the universe ; And Science struck the thrones of earth and heaven , Which shook , but fell not ; and the harmonious mind Poured itself forth in all - prophetic song ...
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... gave them also a reason for staying to see the rustic beauty's toilette . And it was really a pleasure - from the first opening of the bandbox , where everything smelt of lavender and rose - leaves , to the clasping of the small coral ...
... gave them also a reason for staying to see the rustic beauty's toilette . And it was really a pleasure - from the first opening of the bandbox , where everything smelt of lavender and rose - leaves , to the clasping of the small coral ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 13401400 | 1 |
WILLIAM CAXTON 1422 ?1491 | 10 |
STEPHEN HAWES d 1523 | 17 |
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