The New Oxford Book of Christian VerseDonald Davie Oxford University Press, 1981 - 319 pages A treasury of some of the most beautiful and moving poems in the English language. In the introduction, the editor examines the vast variety and importance of Christian verse in English and American literature. |
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Donald Davie. The pearl is praised as priceless among precious stones , Though its cost in coin is not accounted the highest . What quality causes this but its colour of purity , That wins her honour above all other white stones ? For ...
Donald Davie. The pearl is praised as priceless among precious stones , Though its cost in coin is not accounted the highest . What quality causes this but its colour of purity , That wins her honour above all other white stones ? For ...
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... stone , The nightmare stumbles past , and you have heard It fumble your door before it whimpers and is gone : It acts like the old hound that used to snuffle your door and moan . You thought you had lost it when you left Omaha , For it ...
... stone , The nightmare stumbles past , and you have heard It fumble your door before it whimpers and is gone : It acts like the old hound that used to snuffle your door and moan . You thought you had lost it when you left Omaha , For it ...
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... Stone : ' Now fade the rose and lily - flower ' from Medieval Verse , trans . Brian Stone ( Penguin Classics , 1964 ) . © Brian Stone , 1964. Extract from ' Cleanness ' from The Owl and the Nightingale Cleanness / St Erkenwald , trans ...
... Stone : ' Now fade the rose and lily - flower ' from Medieval Verse , trans . Brian Stone ( Penguin Classics , 1964 ) . © Brian Stone , 1964. Extract from ' Cleanness ' from The Owl and the Nightingale Cleanness / St Erkenwald , trans ...
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ANONYMOUS 7TH10TH CENTURY | 1 |
ANONYMOUS 14TH CENTURY | 7 |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER c 13401400 | 14 |
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