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Page 248
... death than Milton and others had been by that of Hobson the carrier , but that they took it no more seriously : King , his death , and the manner of his death would seem to him to have become mere topics for wit , mere opportunities for ...
... death than Milton and others had been by that of Hobson the carrier , but that they took it no more seriously : King , his death , and the manner of his death would seem to him to have become mere topics for wit , mere opportunities for ...
Page 251
... death . Whiles Phebus shines within our Hemisphere , There are no starres , or at least none appear ; Did not the sunne go hence , we should not know Whether there were a night and starres , or no . Till thou ly'dst down upon thy ...
... death . Whiles Phebus shines within our Hemisphere , There are no starres , or at least none appear ; Did not the sunne go hence , we should not know Whether there were a night and starres , or no . Till thou ly'dst down upon thy ...
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... death is our home and life but a delusion . A far finer poem - indeed , despite those inequalities of style which its author so seldom avoids , by far the finest English pastoral elegy before Lycidas - is Spenser's Lament for Dido in ...
... death is our home and life but a delusion . A far finer poem - indeed , despite those inequalities of style which its author so seldom avoids , by far the finest English pastoral elegy before Lycidas - is Spenser's Lament for Dido in ...
Contents
Preface by Geoffrey Tillotson | 7 |
Some remarks on seventeenthcentury poetry | 22 |
The Latin poems | 40 |
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