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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... breath ? Exactly in the way they'd planned his death They fell on him and slew him , two to one . Then said the first of them when this was done ' Now for a drink . Sit down and let's be merry , For later on there'll be the corpse to ...
... breath ? Exactly in the way they'd planned his death They fell on him and slew him , two to one . Then said the first of them when this was done ' Now for a drink . Sit down and let's be merry , For later on there'll be the corpse to ...
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... breath T. breathe , 193- Lib . 5. V. 598. for whescop r . wheft top . Lib . 5. V. 656 . for more Heaven r . more in Heaven . Lib . 6. V. 184. for blessed r . bleft . b.6 / V215 , for founder x . fo under , ' Lib . 1o . V. 575. for left ...
... breath T. breathe , 193- Lib . 5. V. 598. for whescop r . wheft top . Lib . 5. V. 656 . for more Heaven r . more in Heaven . Lib . 6. V. 184. for blessed r . bleft . b.6 / V215 , for founder x . fo under , ' Lib . 1o . V. 575. for left ...
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... breath , A waste of breath the years behind In balance with this life , this death . That tragic sense , that sense of heroism which had. Early Twentieth Century , 1914-39 225.
... breath , A waste of breath the years behind In balance with this life , this death . That tragic sense , that sense of heroism which had. Early Twentieth Century , 1914-39 225.
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Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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