English Renaissance Poetry: A Collection of Shorter Poems from Skelton to JonsonJohn Williams Including authoritative texts of poems by twenty-three major and minor poets--from John Donne, Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, and Ben Jonson to George Gasciogne and Fulke Greville--and Williams' critical preface, English Renaissance Poetry remains an invaluable introductory anthology of short poems from our first modern poetry. |
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... PAIN How can the tree but waste and wither away That hath not sometime comfort of the sun ? How can that flower but fade and soon decay That always is with dark clouds over - run ? Is this a life ? Nay , death you may it call That feels ...
... PAIN How can the tree but waste and wither away That hath not sometime comfort of the sun ? How can that flower but fade and soon decay That always is with dark clouds over - run ? Is this a life ? Nay , death you may it call That feels ...
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... pain , And how they can in pleasant rimes repeat The passing pangs which they in fancies feign . But if I had such skill to frame a verse , I could more pain than all their pangs rehearse . Some say they find nor peace nor power to ...
... pain , And how they can in pleasant rimes repeat The passing pangs which they in fancies feign . But if I had such skill to frame a verse , I could more pain than all their pangs rehearse . Some say they find nor peace nor power to ...
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... pain , For whom , again , all pain did pleasure seem ; But only thine , I found all fancies vain ; But only thine , I did no dolors deem . Such was the rage that whilom did possess The privy corners of my mazëd mind , When hot desire ...
... pain , For whom , again , all pain did pleasure seem ; But only thine , I found all fancies vain ; But only thine , I did no dolors deem . Such was the rage that whilom did possess The privy corners of my mazëd mind , When hot desire ...
Contents
Sir Thomas More | 15 |
Thomas Lord Vaux | 51 |
George Gascoigne | 73 |
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Barnabe Googe beauty beauty's behold Ben Jonson bliss blood breath bright Caelica Cupid dear death delight desire didst disdain dost doth dwell earth echo ring edited Edmund Spenser English English poetry eyes face fair fame Fancy quoth farewell fear fire flowers fools fortune Fulke Greville George Gascoigne give Googe grace Greville grief hath heart heaven heavenly honor John Donne kiss leave light live look Lord love's lovers lullaby lust lute Michael Drayton mind mourn Muse Native never NICHOLAS GRIMALD night pain Petrarch Petrarchan play pleasure poems poet poetry praise rage rest Samuel Daniel scorn seek shadow shalt Sidney sigh sight sing sleep song sonnets sorrow soul sweet tears tell thee thine things Thomas Campion thou art thou hast thought unto verse wanton Whilst William Shakespeare worth Wyatt ye list youth
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Old Age in Myth and Symbol: A Cultural Dictionary Patrick Mckee,Jennifer Mclerran No preview available - 1991 |