ENGLISH LANGUAGE

AN ANTHOLOGY OF VERSE

IN ENGLISH FROM CHAUCER
TO THE MODERNS

ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY

First Published, August, 1927

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GREAT POEMS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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In Memory of

ELLA PARDEE BRIGGS

NEL CIEL CHE PIU DELLA SUA LUCE
PRENDE FU' IO

This One

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THE PORTRAIT

O Lord of all compassionate control,
O Love! let this my lady's picture glow
Under my hand to praise her name, and show
Even of her inner self the perfect whole:
That he who seeks her beauty's furthest goal,
Beyond the light that the sweet glances throw
And refluent wave of the sweet smile, may know
The very sky and sea-line of her soul.

-DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI.