Six Centuries of VerseAnthony Thwaite A history and an anthology of poetry in the English language, from Chaucer to T.S. Elliot, from Shakespeare to Dylan Thomas. Illustrated with contemporary portraits and landscapes, this book is an introduction to English poetry. Anthony Thwaite received the Cholmondeley Award for Poetry in 1983. |
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... Tell them that brave it most , They beg for more by spending , Who , in their greatest cost , Seek nothing but commending : And if they make reply , Then give ... Tell fortune of her blindness ; Tell nature of decay 26 Six Centuries of Verse.
... Tell them that brave it most , They beg for more by spending , Who , in their greatest cost , Seek nothing but commending : And if they make reply , Then give ... Tell fortune of her blindness ; Tell nature of decay 26 Six Centuries of Verse.
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Anthony Thwaite. Tell fortune of her blindness ; Tell nature of decay ; Tell friendship of unkindness ; Tell justice of delay : And if they will reply , Then give them all the lie . Tell arts they have no soundness , But vary by esteeming ; ...
Anthony Thwaite. Tell fortune of her blindness ; Tell nature of decay ; Tell friendship of unkindness ; Tell justice of delay : And if they will reply , Then give them all the lie . Tell arts they have no soundness , But vary by esteeming ; ...
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... tell the hanging man How of my clay is made the hangman's lime . The lips of time leech to the fountain head ; Love drips and gathers , but the fallen blood Shall calm her sores . And I am dumb to tell a weather's wind How time has ...
... tell the hanging man How of my clay is made the hangman's lime . The lips of time leech to the fountain head ; Love drips and gathers , but the fallen blood Shall calm her sores . And I am dumb to tell a weather's wind How time has ...
Contents
Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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