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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... thee to church before , So this , to the Triumphant Church calls thee . Think Satan's sergeants round about thee be , And think that but for legacies they thrust ; Give one thy pride , to another give thy lust : Give them those sins ...
... thee to church before , So this , to the Triumphant Church calls thee . Think Satan's sergeants round about thee be , And think that but for legacies they thrust ; Give one thy pride , to another give thy lust : Give them those sins ...
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... thee none can tell , But all shall say I wish thee well : I wish thee , Vin , before all wealth , Both bodily and ghostly health ; Nor too much wealth , nor wit , come to thee : Too much of either may undo thee . I wish thee learning ...
... thee none can tell , But all shall say I wish thee well : I wish thee , Vin , before all wealth , Both bodily and ghostly health ; Nor too much wealth , nor wit , come to thee : Too much of either may undo thee . I wish thee learning ...
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... thee ; and so bless Thee in thy several parts of bitterness That those who see thee nailed unto the tree May , though they scorn thee , praise and pity thee . And we , thy lovers , while we see thee keep 10 20 30 The laws of action ...
... thee ; and so bless Thee in thy several parts of bitterness That those who see thee nailed unto the tree May , though they scorn thee , praise and pity thee . And we , thy lovers , while we see thee keep 10 20 30 The laws of action ...
Contents
Introduction | xxxvii |
Acknowledgements | xlv |
ANNE HOWARD? 15571630 | 10 |
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