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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... face . ( 1633 ) A Hymn to Christ , at the Author's Last Going into Germany IN what torn ship soever I embark , That ship shall be my emblem of thy ark ; What sea soever swallow me , that flood Shall be to me an emblem of thy blood ...
... face . ( 1633 ) A Hymn to Christ , at the Author's Last Going into Germany IN what torn ship soever I embark , That ship shall be my emblem of thy ark ; What sea soever swallow me , that flood Shall be to me an emblem of thy blood ...
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... faces ; Though love's more fierce , more fruitless fires assay One face more fugitive than all they , True hope's a glorious hunter , and her chase The God of nature in the fields of grace . 585 50 ( 1646 ) 10 A Letter from Mr Crashaw ...
... faces ; Though love's more fierce , more fruitless fires assay One face more fugitive than all they , True hope's a glorious hunter , and her chase The God of nature in the fields of grace . 585 50 ( 1646 ) 10 A Letter from Mr Crashaw ...
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... faces dashed with wines , Shot through the windows , blaze the tavern signs . Let us repair To the soft winged air , Which spread a space Will gently fan the face , And wipe with the down pennons sweat away , Leaving them only gilded by ...
... faces dashed with wines , Shot through the windows , blaze the tavern signs . Let us repair To the soft winged air , Which spread a space Will gently fan the face , And wipe with the down pennons sweat away , Leaving them only gilded by ...
Contents
Introduction | xxxvii |
Acknowledgements | xlv |
ANNE HOWARD? 15571630 | 10 |
Copyright | |
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