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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... Night and Much Ado About Nothing , some of the best and most characteristic Shakespeare is written in prose - over 60 per cent of Twelfth Night , over 70 per cent of Much Ado .... Sir Toby Belch , Sir Andrew Aguecheek and elsewhere in ...
... Night and Much Ado About Nothing , some of the best and most characteristic Shakespeare is written in prose - over 60 per cent of Twelfth Night , over 70 per cent of Much Ado .... Sir Toby Belch , Sir Andrew Aguecheek and elsewhere in ...
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... Night and morning with my tears ; And I sunnèd it with smiles , And with soft deceitful wiles . And it grew both day and night , Till it bore an apple bright ; And my foe beheld it shine , And he knew that it was mine , And into my ...
... Night and morning with my tears ; And I sunnèd it with smiles , And with soft deceitful wiles . And it grew both day and night , Till it bore an apple bright ; And my foe beheld it shine , And he knew that it was mine , And into my ...
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... night air ! Only , from the long line of spray Where the sea meets the moon - blanched sand , Listen ! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves suck back , and fling , At their return , up the high strand , Begin , and cease ...
... night air ! Only , from the long line of spray Where the sea meets the moon - blanched sand , Listen ! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves suck back , and fling , At their return , up the high strand , Begin , and cease ...
Contents
Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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