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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... sleep , Lord , and me mourn a space , For , if above all these my sins abound , ' Tis late to ask abundance of thy grace When we are there ; here on this lowly ground Teach me how to repent ; for that's as good As if thou ' hadst sealed ...
... sleep , Lord , and me mourn a space , For , if above all these my sins abound , ' Tis late to ask abundance of thy grace When we are there ; here on this lowly ground Teach me how to repent ; for that's as good As if thou ' hadst sealed ...
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... sleeping Softly , now softly lies Sleeping . Sleep is a reconciling , A rest that peace begets : Doth not the sun rise smiling When fair at even he sets ? Rest you , then , rest sad eyes , Melt not in weeping , While she lies sleeping ...
... sleeping Softly , now softly lies Sleeping . Sleep is a reconciling , A rest that peace begets : Doth not the sun rise smiling When fair at even he sets ? Rest you , then , rest sad eyes , Melt not in weeping , While she lies sleeping ...
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... sleep is cannon - proof . And we but sleep ; for as we close our eyes Each night we go to bed , in hope to rise , So do we die . For when the trump doth blow , We shall as easily awake , we know . And as we , after sleep , our bodies ...
... sleep is cannon - proof . And we but sleep ; for as we close our eyes Each night we go to bed , in hope to rise , So do we die . For when the trump doth blow , We shall as easily awake , we know . And as we , after sleep , our bodies ...
Contents
Introduction | xxxvii |
Acknowledgements | xlv |
ANNE HOWARD? 15571630 | 10 |
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