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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... never recovered from giving birth to a child ( who died six weeks later ) . Milton had already been blind for several years when he married Katherine ; he never saw her - ' her face was vail'd ' , as he says in the poem , ' On His ...
... never recovered from giving birth to a child ( who died six weeks later ) . Milton had already been blind for several years when he married Katherine ; he never saw her - ' her face was vail'd ' , as he says in the poem , ' On His ...
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... Never Expected Much ' : He Never Expected Much Well , World , you have kept faith with me , Kept faith with me ; Upon the whole you have proved to be Much as you said you were . Since as a child I used to lie Upon the leaze and watch ...
... Never Expected Much ' : He Never Expected Much Well , World , you have kept faith with me , Kept faith with me ; Upon the whole you have proved to be Much as you said you were . Since as a child I used to lie Upon the leaze and watch ...
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... never speak . Speak . ' What are you thinking of ? What thinking ? What ? ' I never know what you are thinking . Think . ' I think we are in rats ' alley Where the dead men lost their bones . ' What is that noise ? ' The wind under the ...
... never speak . Speak . ' What are you thinking of ? What thinking ? What ? ' I never know what you are thinking . Think . ' I think we are in rats ' alley Where the dead men lost their bones . ' What is that noise ? ' The wind under the ...
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Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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