The New Oxford Book of Seventeenth Century VerseAlastair Fowler Oxford University Press, 1991 - 831 pages 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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... Give me simplicity , that I may live , So live and like , that I may know thy ways , Know them and practise them : then shall I give For this poor wreath , give thee a crown of praise . ( 1633 ) 10 411 Love ( III ) LOVE bade me welcome ...
... Give me simplicity , that I may live , So live and like , that I may know thy ways , Know them and practise them : then shall I give For this poor wreath , give thee a crown of praise . ( 1633 ) 10 411 Love ( III ) LOVE bade me welcome ...
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... give way To hope , which doth so little pay , And yet I dare no freedom owe Whilst you are kind , though but in show . Then give me more , or give me less , Do not disdain a mutual sense , Or your unpitying beauties dress In their own ...
... give way To hope , which doth so little pay , And yet I dare no freedom owe Whilst you are kind , though but in show . Then give me more , or give me less , Do not disdain a mutual sense , Or your unpitying beauties dress In their own ...
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... give , if thou canst do ' t , A benefice without a suit . To court lords grant monopolies , And to their wives communities : So , fortune , thou shalt please them all , When lords do rise and ladies fall . Give to the lawyers , I ...
... give , if thou canst do ' t , A benefice without a suit . To court lords grant monopolies , And to their wives communities : So , fortune , thou shalt please them all , When lords do rise and ladies fall . Give to the lawyers , I ...
Contents
Introduction | xxxvii |
Acknowledgements | xlv |
ANNE HOWARD? 15571630 | 10 |
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