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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... seek With naked foot , stalking in my chamber . I have seen them gentle , tame , and meek That now are wild , and do not remember That sometime they put themselves in danger To take bread at my hand ; and now they range Busily seeking ...
... seek With naked foot , stalking in my chamber . I have seen them gentle , tame , and meek That now are wild , and do not remember That sometime they put themselves in danger To take bread at my hand ; and now they range Busily seeking ...
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... seek no more than may suffice , I press to bear no haughty sway ; Look , what I lack my mind supplies . Lo , thus I triumph like a king , Content with that my mind doth bring . 5 Some have too much , yet still do crave ; I little have ...
... seek no more than may suffice , I press to bear no haughty sway ; Look , what I lack my mind supplies . Lo , thus I triumph like a king , Content with that my mind doth bring . 5 Some have too much , yet still do crave ; I little have ...
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... seek for flames are brought To cinders by the flames they sought : So fond desire when it attains , The life expires , the woe remains . And yet some poets fain would prove Affection to be perfect love ; And that desire is of that kind ...
... seek for flames are brought To cinders by the flames they sought : So fond desire when it attains , The life expires , the woe remains . And yet some poets fain would prove Affection to be perfect love ; And that desire is of that kind ...
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
References to this book
Old Age in Myth and Symbol: A Cultural Dictionary Patrick Mckee,Jennifer Mclerran No preview available - 1991 |