The College Survey of English Literature: The early period. The sixteenth century. The seventeenth century. The eighteenth centuryBartlett Jere Whiting, Fred Benjamin Millett Harcourt, Brace, 1947 |
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... sweet gum did drop , That all the ground with precious deaw bedight , Threw forth most dainty odours , and most sweet delight . 44 And in the thickest covert of that shade , There was a pleasant arbour , not by art , But of the trees ...
... sweet gum did drop , That all the ground with precious deaw bedight , Threw forth most dainty odours , and most sweet delight . 44 And in the thickest covert of that shade , There was a pleasant arbour , not by art , But of the trees ...
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... sweet unto a shepherd as a king- And sweeter too , For kings have cares that wait upon a crown , And cares can make the sweetest love to frown . Ah then , ah then , If country loves such sweet desires do gain , What lady would not love ...
... sweet unto a shepherd as a king- And sweeter too , For kings have cares that wait upon a crown , And cares can make the sweetest love to frown . Ah then , ah then , If country loves such sweet desires do gain , What lady would not love ...
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... Sweet rose , whose hue , angry and brave , Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye , Thy root is ever in its grave , And thou must die . Sweet spring , full of sweet days and roses , A box where sweets compacted lie , My music shows ye have ...
... Sweet rose , whose hue , angry and brave , Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye , Thy root is ever in its grave , And thou must die . Sweet spring , full of sweet days and roses , A box where sweets compacted lie , My music shows ye have ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
BEOWULF | 11 |
Copyright | |
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