Melodious Tears: The English Funeral Elegy from Spenser to MiltonThe funeral elegy is in some ways the quintessential English Renaissance genre. This book demonstrates how the elegy was used to experiment with theories of composition and style. |
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... dead shee is , that myrth thee made of yore . These lines fit Gascoigne's prescription that the caesura in decasyllabic lines should occur after the first four syllables , and ... dead , Dead and lyeth 34 THE ELEGIES OF SPENSER AND SIDNEY.
... dead shee is , that myrth thee made of yore . These lines fit Gascoigne's prescription that the caesura in decasyllabic lines should occur after the first four syllables , and ... dead , Dead and lyeth 34 THE ELEGIES OF SPENSER AND SIDNEY.
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... Dead . ( ii ) On Prince Henries death . Keepe station Nature : & rest heaven sure On thy supporter shoulders , least past cure Thou dash't in ruine fal by a griefes weight Wil make thy bases shrinke & lay thy height Low as ye Center ...
... Dead . ( ii ) On Prince Henries death . Keepe station Nature : & rest heaven sure On thy supporter shoulders , least past cure Thou dash't in ruine fal by a griefes weight Wil make thy bases shrinke & lay thy height Low as ye Center ...
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... dead ; is he not gone away As beinge advised from heaven not to stay Wth vs ? or had it not much mercy bene Y ' we ... dead , hee's dead , & he dide yesterday . ( ii ) On Prince Henryes death . Dr. Juxon APPENDIX 263.
... dead ; is he not gone away As beinge advised from heaven not to stay Wth vs ? or had it not much mercy bene Y ' we ... dead , hee's dead , & he dide yesterday . ( ii ) On Prince Henryes death . Dr. Juxon APPENDIX 263.
Contents
The English Tradition of Elegy | 9 |
The Elegies of Spenser and Sidney | 29 |
Elegies on Sidney 1568 and on Queen | 67 |
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