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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... flowers A - a comitig beresita wed . Jeffodels . 20 molts that feautiful they grew and stemy yellow flower wüchse the mosen sows about & abe 6 calls tile wort . When were in he woode beyond . Ken , some vested their heads whone Rise ...
... flowers A - a comitig beresita wed . Jeffodels . 20 molts that feautiful they grew and stemy yellow flower wüchse the mosen sows about & abe 6 calls tile wort . When were in he woode beyond . Ken , some vested their heads whone Rise ...
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... flowers for the bees , Until they think warm days will never cease , For Summer has o'er - brimm'd their clammy cells . Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store ? Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find Thee sitting careless on a ...
... flowers for the bees , Until they think warm days will never cease , For Summer has o'er - brimm'd their clammy cells . Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store ? Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find Thee sitting careless on a ...
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Anthony Thwaite. The Force that through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age ; that blasts the roots of trees Is my destroyer . And I am dumb to tell the crooked ...
Anthony Thwaite. The Force that through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age ; that blasts the roots of trees Is my destroyer . And I am dumb to tell the crooked ...
Contents
Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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