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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... live and die for one another As brother - born might swear to his born brother . And up they started in their drunken rage And made towards this village which the page And publican had spoken of before . Many and grisly were the oaths ...
... live and die for one another As brother - born might swear to his born brother . And up they started in their drunken rage And made towards this village which the page And publican had spoken of before . Many and grisly were the oaths ...
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... live with me and be my Love . The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning : If these delights thy mind may move , Then live with me and be my Love . The Elizabethan age was the great age of the sonnet ...
... live with me and be my Love . The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning : If these delights thy mind may move , Then live with me and be my Love . The Elizabethan age was the great age of the sonnet ...
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... live a thousand years , I never should forget it : ' Wilt thou not , Jule ? ' quoth he ; And , pretty fool , it stinted and said ' Ay . ' Lady Capulet . Enough of this ; I pray thee , hold thy peace . Nurse . Yes , madam . Yet I cannot ...
... live a thousand years , I never should forget it : ' Wilt thou not , Jule ? ' quoth he ; And , pretty fool , it stinted and said ' Ay . ' Lady Capulet . Enough of this ; I pray thee , hold thy peace . Nurse . Yes , madam . Yet I cannot ...
Contents
Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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