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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Page 105
... elegy for his physician and friend , ' On the Death of Dr Robert Levet ' : On the Death of Dr Robert Levet Condemn'd to hope's delusive mine , As on we toil from day to day , By sudden blasts , or slow decline , Our social comforts drop ...
... elegy for his physician and friend , ' On the Death of Dr Robert Levet ' : On the Death of Dr Robert Levet Condemn'd to hope's delusive mine , As on we toil from day to day , By sudden blasts , or slow decline , Our social comforts drop ...
Page 106
... Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard ' – often more briefly called ' Gray's Elegy ' . Gray was a historian , a Cambridge don , and he was not at all a prolific poet ; but a handful of times , and most of all in his ' Elegy ' , he ...
... Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard ' – often more briefly called ' Gray's Elegy ' . Gray was a historian , a Cambridge don , and he was not at all a prolific poet ; but a handful of times , and most of all in his ' Elegy ' , he ...
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... burn out early ; he had created much of his best work by the time he was twenty - one . But towards the end of his life , his elegy for his father stands out : Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night Do not 250 Six Centuries of Verse.
... burn out early ; he had created much of his best work by the time he was twenty - one . But towards the end of his life , his elegy for his father stands out : Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night Do not 250 Six Centuries of Verse.
Contents
Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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