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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Page 148
... Stand by this a Que sinale predestal , ith which , the week be , a colossal from to huntless legs are crymbling ite Tho Trunkless degs of stable mabost a catalyst may stood dow * and Whiten her half inch whose that form i wis kommit 18 ...
... Stand by this a Que sinale predestal , ith which , the week be , a colossal from to huntless legs are crymbling ite Tho Trunkless degs of stable mabost a catalyst may stood dow * and Whiten her half inch whose that form i wis kommit 18 ...
Page 209
... stand with a satisfied smile And re - enact at the vestry - glass Each pulpit gesture in deft dumb - show That had moved the congregation so . Hardy's first wife , Emma , died in 1912. It had been in many ways a difficult marriage , but ...
... stand with a satisfied smile And re - enact at the vestry - glass Each pulpit gesture in deft dumb - show That had moved the congregation so . Hardy's first wife , Emma , died in 1912. It had been in many ways a difficult marriage , but ...
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... stand by itself , yet all interrelate . From the twenty - one that make up the sequence , I have chosen No. VIII . As in all the poems , it is clear that ' He ' is man in general , not one particular person : He turned his field into a ...
... stand by itself , yet all interrelate . From the twenty - one that make up the sequence , I have chosen No. VIII . As in all the poems , it is clear that ' He ' is man in general , not one particular person : He turned his field into a ...
Contents
Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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