The New Penguin Book of Romantic PoetryJonathan Wordsworth, Jessica Wordsworth Penguin, 2001 - 1005 pages Organized by theme and genre, this collection reveals unexpected connections and shared preoccupations, which should enable the reader to view the Romantics in a fresh light. Thus Blake, Wordsworth and Shelley appear as masters of comedy; Burns and Byron speak of the relationship between man and nature; and Coleridge, Keats and Clare explore the Gothic and surreal. The acknowledged genius of Blake's Tyger, Coleridge's Kubla Khan and Shelley's Ozymandias is set alongside verse from less familiar figures, including a strong representation of women poets such as Charlotte Smith, Felicia Hemans and Letitia Elizabeth Landon. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 84
Page 88
... breath of night , Her beamy bending eyes , her parted lips Outstretched and pale , and quivering eagerly . His strong heart sank and sickened with excess Of love . He reared his shuddering limbs and quelled His gasping breath , and ...
... breath of night , Her beamy bending eyes , her parted lips Outstretched and pale , and quivering eagerly . His strong heart sank and sickened with excess Of love . He reared his shuddering limbs and quelled His gasping breath , and ...
Page 301
... breathing instrument , be ever near While to the pensive muse my vows I pay ; Thy softest call the inmost soul can hear , Thy faintest breath can Fancy's pinions play . And when art's laboured strains my feelings tire , To seek thy ...
... breathing instrument , be ever near While to the pensive muse my vows I pay ; Thy softest call the inmost soul can hear , Thy faintest breath can Fancy's pinions play . And when art's laboured strains my feelings tire , To seek thy ...
Page 706
... breath , was aiding to our course And drove us onward like two ships at sea ! Stern was the face of Nature ; we rejoiced In that stern countenance , for our souls had there A feeling of their strength . The naked trees , The icy brooks ...
... breath , was aiding to our course And drove us onward like two ships at sea ! Stern was the face of Nature ; we rejoiced In that stern countenance , for our souls had there A feeling of their strength . The naked trees , The icy brooks ...
Contents
PREFACE | xxiii |
The Romantic Poets In Context | xxxv |
Romantic Hallmarks | 3 |
Copyright | |
85 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry Jonathan Wordsworth,Jessica Wordsworth No preview available - 2001 |
The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry Jonathan Wordsworth,Jessica Wordsworth No preview available - 2003 |
Common terms and phrases
babe beauty beneath bird bower breast breath bright calm cheek child clouds cold Coleridge dark dead dear death deep delight doth dream earth eyes face fair father fear feel FELICIA HEMANS flowers gaze green Haidee hand happy hath hear heard heart Heaven hills hope hour JOHN KEATS Juan knew kye comes hame LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON light lips live lonely look LORD BYRON Lyrical Ballads maid MARY TIGHE mind moon morn never night o'er Oothoon pain pale PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Phaon poet publ rocks Romantic Romantic poetry rose round SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Sappho seemed shade sigh silent sing sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit St Agnes stars stood stream sweet tears thee Theotormon thine things thou art thought trees trembling Twas voice wandering waves weep wild WILLIAM BLAKE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind Wordsworth