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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... Soul relies , Some pious Drops the closing Eye requires ; Ev'n from the Tomb the Voice of Nature cries , Ev'n in our Ashes live their wonted Fires . For thee , who mindful of th'unhonour'd Dead Dost in these Lines their artless Tale ...
... Soul relies , Some pious Drops the closing Eye requires ; Ev'n from the Tomb the Voice of Nature cries , Ev'n in our Ashes live their wonted Fires . For thee , who mindful of th'unhonour'd Dead Dost in these Lines their artless Tale ...
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... Soul that art the eternity of thought , That givest to forms and images a breath And everlasting motion , not in vain By day or star - light thus from my first dawn Of childhood didst thou interwine for me The passions that build up our ...
... Soul that art the eternity of thought , That givest to forms and images a breath And everlasting motion , not in vain By day or star - light thus from my first dawn Of childhood didst thou interwine for me The passions that build up our ...
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... husky whispering wave whose voice I know , And the soul turning to thee O vast and well - veil'd death , And the body gratefully nestling close to thee . Over the tree - tops I float thee a song American Pioneers , 1849-1910 195.
... husky whispering wave whose voice I know , And the soul turning to thee O vast and well - veil'd death , And the body gratefully nestling close to thee . Over the tree - tops I float thee a song American Pioneers , 1849-1910 195.
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Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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