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 77
... mind : Her face was vail'd , yet to my fancied sight , Love , sweetness , goodness , in her person shin'd So clear , as in no face with more delight . But O as to embrace me she enclin'd I wak'd , she fled , and day brought back my ...
... mind : Her face was vail'd , yet to my fancied sight , Love , sweetness , goodness , in her person shin'd So clear , as in no face with more delight . But O as to embrace me she enclin'd I wak'd , she fled , and day brought back my ...
Page 120
... mind - forg'd manacles I hear . How the Chimney - sweeper's cry Every black'ning Church appalls ; And the hapless Soldier's sigh Runs in blood down Palace walls . But most thro ' midnight streets I hear How the youthful Harlot's curse ...
... mind - forg'd manacles I hear . How the Chimney - sweeper's cry Every black'ning Church appalls ; And the hapless Soldier's sigh Runs in blood down Palace walls . But most thro ' midnight streets I hear How the youthful Harlot's curse ...
Page 128
... mind ' to the loveliness and the wonders of the world before us ' , gives only a partial view of what Wordsworth achieved in his long writing life . He was certainly a more prolific and important poet than Coleridge ; he was also more ...
... mind ' to the loveliness and the wonders of the world before us ' , gives only a partial view of what Wordsworth achieved in his long writing life . He was certainly a more prolific and important poet than Coleridge ; he was also more ...
Contents
Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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