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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... speak of some distressful stroke That my youth suffer'd . My story being done , She gave me for my pains a world of sighs : She swore , in faith , ' twas strange , ' twas passing strange ; ' Twas pitiful , ' twas wondrous pitiful : She ...
... speak of some distressful stroke That my youth suffer'd . My story being done , She gave me for my pains a world of sighs : She swore , in faith , ' twas strange , ' twas passing strange ; ' Twas pitiful , ' twas wondrous pitiful : She ...
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... speaking , is Milton's : a subtle , flexible , complex , grand and resonant voice , full of rich allusions , exotic place - names , and in complete control of the hovering , circling , weaving and weighty syntax . Very occasionally ...
... speaking , is Milton's : a subtle , flexible , complex , grand and resonant voice , full of rich allusions , exotic place - names , and in complete control of the hovering , circling , weaving and weighty syntax . Very occasionally ...
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... Speak to me . Why do you 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 ...
... Speak to me . Why do you 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 ...
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Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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