Early American Poetry: Selections from Bradstreet, Taylor, Dwight, Freneau, and BryantUniv of Wisconsin Press, 1978 M07 21 - 398 pages Here is the first major-figure anthology of American poetry of the colonial and early national periods, an indispensable volume for both students and scholars of American literature and civilization. |
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... king against the Earl of Lincoln , persecution of Puritan ministers , and fear of coming disaster in their own country , the Dudleys and Bradstreets left their old life behind them and joined John Winthrop's party aboard the Arbella for ...
... kings , Of cities founded , commonwealths begun , For my mean pen are too superior things : Or how they all , or each their dates have run Let poets and historians set these forth , My obscure lines shall not so dim their worth . 2 But ...
... kings ' favours how to buy , With costly presents or base flattery : No office coveted wherein I might Make strong ... King and people's strife . No statist I , nor martialist in th ' field ; 65 70 75 80 88 85 90 90 35 95 Where e'er I ...
... of their dress and hairstyles . 6. Mythical Greek youth destroyed by his vanity . 7. Mythical last king of Assyria , said to have been brave though effete . Such wretch , such monster am I , but yet The Tenth Muse 21.
... kings must be deposed or put to flight , I might possess that throne which was their right ; There set , I rid my self straight out of hand Of such competitors as might in time withstand . Then thought my state firm founded sure to last ...
Contents
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Timothy Dwight 17521817 | 121 |
Philip Freneau 17521832 | 190 |
William Cullen Bryant 17941878 | 254 |
Appendix | 319 |
Index of Poets and Titles | 377 |
Index of First Lines | 381 |
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Early American Poetry: Selections from Bradstreet, Taylor, Dwight, Freneau ... Jane Donahue Eberwein No preview available - 1978 |