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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... leave thee restless and thy seed . Thyself , that did enjoy ( As we have heard ) a happy life - what Lesbos doth contain ( In times past being a blessed man's seat ) , what the unmeasured main Of Hellespontus , Phrygia , holds , are all ...
... leave thee restless and thy seed . Thyself , that did enjoy ( As we have heard ) a happy life - what Lesbos doth contain ( In times past being a blessed man's seat ) , what the unmeasured main Of Hellespontus , Phrygia , holds , are all ...
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... leave . Oh think me worth thine anger , punish me , Burn off my rusts and my deformity , Restore thine image so much ... leave ] leave off seat ] place of residence from ... eye ] eastward , behind him know ] ( 1 ) recognize ; ( 2 ) ...
... leave . Oh think me worth thine anger , punish me , Burn off my rusts and my deformity , Restore thine image so much ... leave ] leave off seat ] place of residence from ... eye ] eastward , behind him know ] ( 1 ) recognize ; ( 2 ) ...
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... leave thy light , fit for a lightsome soul ; Darkness doth truly suit with me oppressed , Whom absence ' power doth from mirth control : The very trees with hanging heads condole Sweet summer's parting , and of leaves distressed In ...
... leave thy light , fit for a lightsome soul ; Darkness doth truly suit with me oppressed , Whom absence ' power doth from mirth control : The very trees with hanging heads condole Sweet summer's parting , and of leaves distressed In ...
Contents
Introduction | xxxvii |
Acknowledgements | xlv |
ANNE HOWARD? 15571630 | 10 |
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