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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... leaves the Light of Nature ( Sense ) behind ; Pathless and dangerous , wandering ways it takes Through Error's fenny Boggs and thorny Brakes ; Whilst the misguided Follower climbs with Pain Mountains of Whimseys , heaped in his own ...
... leaves the Light of Nature ( Sense ) behind ; Pathless and dangerous , wandering ways it takes Through Error's fenny Boggs and thorny Brakes ; Whilst the misguided Follower climbs with Pain Mountains of Whimseys , heaped in his own ...
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... leaves A shining furrow , as thy thoughts in me . Now folds the lily all her sweetness up , And slips into the bosom of the lake : So fold thyself , my dearest , thou , and slip Into my bosom and be lost in me . Like many poets before ...
... leaves A shining furrow , as thy thoughts in me . Now folds the lily all her sweetness up , And slips into the bosom of the lake : So fold thyself , my dearest , thou , and slip Into my bosom and be lost in me . Like many poets before ...
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... Leaves of Grass in 1855 decisively marks a moment not only of self - confidence but of separateness . Europe in general and England in particular were no longer to be the sole sources of culture . - Throughout the nineteenth century a ...
... Leaves of Grass in 1855 decisively marks a moment not only of self - confidence but of separateness . Europe in general and England in particular were no longer to be the sole sources of culture . - Throughout the nineteenth century a ...
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Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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