Selected PoemsCarcanet, 1979 - 95 pages A selection of the poetry of John Gay (1685-1732) who was part of the 'association of wits' that included Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. His wit is characterised by a benign and ironic sense of the fallibility of humankind. |
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... Hours after Marriage produced and published . Poems on Several Occasions . Loses the substantial profits from this volume in the South Sea Bubble . Becomes Commissioner of the State Lottery . The Captives produced and published . To a ...
... Hours after Marriage produced and published . Poems on Several Occasions . Loses the substantial profits from this volume in the South Sea Bubble . Becomes Commissioner of the State Lottery . The Captives produced and published . To a ...
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... . Thus we the winged Hours in harmless Mirth , And Joys Unsully'd pass , till Humid Night Has half her Race perform'd , now all Abroad 265 Is hush'd and silent , nor the Rumbling noise Of Coach or Cart , or smoaky Link - Boys 24.
... . Thus we the winged Hours in harmless Mirth , And Joys Unsully'd pass , till Humid Night Has half her Race perform'd , now all Abroad 265 Is hush'd and silent , nor the Rumbling noise Of Coach or Cart , or smoaky Link - Boys 24.
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... Hours so swiftly flie , 270 With hasty knock , or Twang of Pendant Cord Alarm the drowsy Youth from slumb'ring Nod ;. Startled he flies , and stumbles o're the Stairs Erroneous , and with busie Knuckles plies His yet clung Eye - lids ...
... Hours so swiftly flie , 270 With hasty knock , or Twang of Pendant Cord Alarm the drowsy Youth from slumb'ring Nod ;. Startled he flies , and stumbles o're the Stairs Erroneous , and with busie Knuckles plies His yet clung Eye - lids ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Chronology of Life and Works | 18 |
The Proeme | 25 |
Copyright | |
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