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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... Tree ' , which is like a fable about emotional repression : 59. Blake's dramatic pictures for ' A Poison Tree ' from Songs of Experience . A POISON TREE . was angry with my friend : 120 Six Centuries of Verse.
... Tree ' , which is like a fable about emotional repression : 59. Blake's dramatic pictures for ' A Poison Tree ' from Songs of Experience . A POISON TREE . was angry with my friend : 120 Six Centuries of Verse.
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... my foe beheld it shine , And he knew that it was mine . And into my garden stale . When the night had veild the pole ; In the morning glad I see : My foe outstretchd beneath the tree A Poison Tree I was angry with my friend :
... my foe beheld it shine , And he knew that it was mine . And into my garden stale . When the night had veild the pole ; In the morning glad I see : My foe outstretchd beneath the tree A Poison Tree I was angry with my friend :
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... tree . In ' The Clod and the Pebble ' , St Paul's words about Love from the Epistle to the Corinthians are again put into the form of a fable or parable , in which what the clod of clay says and what the pebble says coexist as Innocence ...
... tree . In ' The Clod and the Pebble ' , St Paul's words about Love from the Epistle to the Corinthians are again put into the form of a fable or parable , in which what the clod of clay says and what the pebble says coexist as Innocence ...
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Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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