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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... fall upon thy face ? Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit ; Wilt thou not , Jule ? ' and , by my halidom , The pretty wretch left crying , and said ' Ay . ' To see now how a jest shall come about ! I warrant , an I should ...
... fall upon thy face ? Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit ; Wilt thou not , Jule ? ' and , by my halidom , The pretty wretch left crying , and said ' Ay . ' To see now how a jest shall come about ! I warrant , an I should ...
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... Fall - to see them foreshadowed in the Fall of Satan himself ; and to do that it had to go back to the original Chaos , the ' vast Abyss ' over which God brooded and out of which he created everything . So , quite consciously in the ...
... Fall - to see them foreshadowed in the Fall of Satan himself ; and to do that it had to go back to the original Chaos , the ' vast Abyss ' over which God brooded and out of which he created everything . So , quite consciously in the ...
Page 81
... fall'n on evil days , On evil days though fall'n , and evil tongues ; In darkness , and with dangers compassed round , And solitude ... 40. A bust of Milton , c . 1660 , after he became blind . Most poignantly and powerfully , there is ...
... fall'n on evil days , On evil days though fall'n , and evil tongues ; In darkness , and with dangers compassed round , And solitude ... 40. A bust of Milton , c . 1660 , after he became blind . Most poignantly and powerfully , there is ...
Contents
Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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