From Chaucer to Tennyson
Chautauqua Reading Circle Literature FROM CHAUCER TO TENNYSON WITH TWENTY-NINE PORTRAITS AND SELECTIONS FROM THIRTY AUTHORS. BY HENRY A. BEERS _Professor of English Literature in Yale University_. [Illustration]
I rode into the wildwood,
I sailed across the sea,
But 'twas at home I wooed and won
A maiden fair and free.
It was the Queen of Elfland,
She waxed full wroth and grim:
Never, she swore, shall that maiden fair
Ride to the church with him.
Hear me, thou Queen of Elfland,
Vain, vain are threat and spell;
For naught can sunder two true hearts
That love each other well!
AN OLD MAN.
That is a right fair song. See how the young swains cast their
glances thitherward! [Pointing towards the GIRLS.] Aye, aye,
doubtless each has his own.
BENGT.
Chautauqua Reading Circle Literature FROM CHAUCER TO TENNYSON WITH TWENTY-NINE PORTRAITS AND SELECTIONS FROM THIRTY AUTHORS. BY HENRY A. BEERS _Professor of English Literature in Yale University_. [Illustration]