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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... Beauty ' . Daffodils and Beauty are , to be sure , part of poetry ; but so are Manchester pubs , anger , every kind of sexuality , the love of God , grief , depression , dreams , jokes , story - telling , things both grave and what one ...
... Beauty ' . Daffodils and Beauty are , to be sure , part of poetry ; but so are Manchester pubs , anger , every kind of sexuality , the love of God , grief , depression , dreams , jokes , story - telling , things both grave and what one ...
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... Beauty is but a flower Which wrinkles will devour ; Brightness falls from the air ; Queens have died young and fair ; Dust hath closed Helen's eye ; I am sick , I must die - Lord , have mercy on us ! Strength stoops unto the grave ...
... Beauty is but a flower Which wrinkles will devour ; Brightness falls from the air ; Queens have died young and fair ; Dust hath closed Helen's eye ; I am sick , I must die - Lord , have mercy on us ! Strength stoops unto the grave ...
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... Beauty ' , he exults in the dappled , the subtle , the special : Pied Beauty Glory be to God for dappled things - For skies of couple - colour as a brinded cow ; For rose - moles all in stipple upon trout that swim ; Fresh fire - coal ...
... Beauty ' , he exults in the dappled , the subtle , the special : Pied Beauty Glory be to God for dappled things - For skies of couple - colour as a brinded cow ; For rose - moles all in stipple upon trout that swim ; Fresh fire - coal ...
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Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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