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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... sleep : Come , sleep , O sleep , the certain knot of peace , The baiting place of wit , the balm of woe , The poor man's wealth , the prisoner's release , Th'indifferent judge between the high and low ; With shield of proof shield me ...
... sleep : Come , sleep , O sleep , the certain knot of peace , The baiting place of wit , the balm of woe , The poor man's wealth , the prisoner's release , Th'indifferent judge between the high and low ; With shield of proof shield me ...
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... sleep as well And better than thy stroke . Why swell'st thou then ? One short sleep past , we wake eternally , And Death shall be no more : Death , thou shalt die . - Even in the extremity of illness , with his mind - as so often set on ...
... sleep as well And better than thy stroke . Why swell'st thou then ? One short sleep past , we wake eternally , And Death shall be no more : Death , thou shalt die . - Even in the extremity of illness , with his mind - as so often set on ...
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... sleeps the crimson petal , now the white ' : from The Princess Now sleeps the crimson petal , now the white ; Nor waves the ... sleep , and feed , and know not me . 90. Tennyson photographed at the age of 55 , when 172 Six Centuries of Verse.
... sleeps the crimson petal , now the white ' : from The Princess Now sleeps the crimson petal , now the white ; Nor waves the ... sleep , and feed , and know not me . 90. Tennyson photographed at the age of 55 , when 172 Six Centuries of Verse.
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Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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