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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... thought That there was always poison to be bought , And that with poison he could kill his friends . To men in such a state the Devil sends Thoughts of this kind , and has a full permission To lure them on to sorrow and perdition ; For ...
... thought That there was always poison to be bought , And that with poison he could kill his friends . To men in such a state the Devil sends Thoughts of this kind , and has a full permission To lure them on to sorrow and perdition ; For ...
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... 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 human soul ; Not with the ...
... 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 human soul ; Not with the ...
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... thought , and thought , and thought , And thought about it . Miniver Cheevy , born too late , Scratched his head and kept on thinking ; Miniver coughed , and called it fate , And kept on drinking . TWELVE 207 Romantics and Realists 1870 ...
... thought , and thought , and thought , And thought about it . Miniver Cheevy , born too late , Scratched his head and kept on thinking ; Miniver coughed , and called it fate , And kept on drinking . TWELVE 207 Romantics and Realists 1870 ...
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Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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