The New Oxford Book of Seventeenth Century VerseAlastair Fowler The seventeenth century saw some of the great achievements in the English language. Milton wrote Paradise Lost, Donne composed his Metaphysical verse, and Shakespeare his late Romances, not to mention the work of Dryden, Marvell, Jonson, and many others. Now, this remarkable quantity of extraordinary literature has been brought together here in one large volume. Like the previous edition, all of the best known works are present, but this new edition also responds to considerable changes in scholarship and perspective in recent years. Popular and minor poets take a place alongside their more well known peers. Alastair Fowler, the collection's distinguished editor, has included a generous portion of poetry by women, as well as a sampling of American colonial verse, while also striking a balance between Metaphysical and Jonsonian poetry. |
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... Arms ] WHEN he whose empire is in clouds saw Hector bent to wage War in divine Achilles ' arms , he shook his head , and said : ' Poor wretch , thy thoughts are far from death , though he so near hath laid His ambush for thee . Thou ...
... Arms ] WHEN he whose empire is in clouds saw Hector bent to wage War in divine Achilles ' arms , he shook his head , and said : ' Poor wretch , thy thoughts are far from death , though he so near hath laid His ambush for thee . Thou ...
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... [ Arms and the Man ] THERE was an ancient sage philosopher That had read Alexander Ross over , And swore the world , as he could prove , Was made of fighting and of love : Just so romances are , for what else Is in them all , but love and ...
... [ Arms and the Man ] THERE was an ancient sage philosopher That had read Alexander Ross over , And swore the world , as he could prove , Was made of fighting and of love : Just so romances are , for what else Is in them all , but love and ...
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... arms or father's knee ; Farewell house and farewell home : She's for the Moors , and martyrdom ! Sweet , not so fast ! Lo , thy fair spouse Whom thou seekst with so swift vows Calls thee back , and bids thee come To embrace a milder ...
... arms or father's knee ; Farewell house and farewell home : She's for the Moors , and martyrdom ! Sweet , not so fast ! Lo , thy fair spouse Whom thou seekst with so swift vows Calls thee back , and bids thee come To embrace a milder ...
Contents
Introduction | xxxvii |
Acknowledgements | xlv |
ANNE HOWARD? 15571630 | 10 |
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