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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... Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rofe out of Chaos : Or if Sion Hill Delight thee more , and Siloa's Brook that flow'd Faft by the Oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song , That with no middle flight intends to ...
... Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rofe out of Chaos : Or if Sion Hill Delight thee more , and Siloa's Brook that flow'd Faft by the Oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song , That with no middle flight intends to ...
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... beginning : from Paradise Lost , Book XII This having learnt , thou hast attaind the summe Of wisdome ; hope no higher , though all the Starrs Thou knewst by name , and all th'ethereal Powers , All secrets of the deep , all natures ...
... beginning : from Paradise Lost , Book XII This having learnt , thou hast attaind the summe Of wisdome ; hope no higher , though all the Starrs Thou knewst by name , and all th'ethereal Powers , All secrets of the deep , all natures ...
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... beginning of his most productive year , 1819 , he wrote a mysterious , almost literally un - earthly ballad of his own - un - earthly , and yet full of precision : ' O what can ail thee , knight - at - arms , Alone and palely loitering ...
... beginning of his most productive year , 1819 , he wrote a mysterious , almost literally un - earthly ballad of his own - un - earthly , and yet full of precision : ' O what can ail thee , knight - at - arms , Alone and palely loitering ...
Contents
Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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