The Sonnet: A Comprehensive Anthology of British and American Sonnets from the Renaissance to the Present, Volume 10Robert Morton Bender, Charles L. Squier An introduction to and presentation of sonnets in the English language from Wyatt and Surrey to the 1960s. |
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... bird did not sit , No bird but did her shrill notes sweetly sing , No song but did contain a lovely dit.1 Trees , branches , birds , and songs were framed fair , Fit to allure frail mind to careless ease ; But careful was my thought ...
... bird did not sit , No bird but did her shrill notes sweetly sing , No song but did contain a lovely dit.1 Trees , branches , birds , and songs were framed fair , Fit to allure frail mind to careless ease ; But careful was my thought ...
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... bird would cease and be as other birds But that he knows in singing not to sing . The question that he frames in all but words Is what to make of a diminished thing . Once by the Pacific The shattered water made a misty din . Great ...
... bird would cease and be as other birds But that he knows in singing not to sing . The question that he frames in all but words Is what to make of a diminished thing . Once by the Pacific The shattered water made a misty din . Great ...
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... Bird , Bird Age after age our bird through incense flies , Angel or daw , dove , phoenix , falcon or roc , Till this last net of wings dark charged to wreck The hoops of heaven , dove's arc , and all that cries . The clotted frets of ...
... Bird , Bird Age after age our bird through incense flies , Angel or daw , dove , phoenix , falcon or roc , Till this last net of wings dark charged to wreck The hoops of heaven , dove's arc , and all that cries . The clotted frets of ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sir Thomas Wyatt | 19 |
George Gascoigne | 28 |
Copyright | |
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