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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Page 14
... love ' re- calls a more famous and heroic mating , that of Dido and Aeneas in the fourth Book of the Aeneid : Hell from below , and Juno from above , And howling Nymphs , were conscious to their Love . ( tr . Dryden 243-44 ) Gay's ...
... love ' re- calls a more famous and heroic mating , that of Dido and Aeneas in the fourth Book of the Aeneid : Hell from below , and Juno from above , And howling Nymphs , were conscious to their Love . ( tr . Dryden 243-44 ) Gay's ...
Page 32
... loves Turnips , Butter I'll despise . Nor Leeks nor Oatmeal nor Potatoe prize . Cuddy In good Roast Beef my Landlord sticks ... Love is blind . Cuddy As at Hot - Cockles once I laid me down , 100 And felt the weighty Hand of many a Clown ...
... loves Turnips , Butter I'll despise . Nor Leeks nor Oatmeal nor Potatoe prize . Cuddy In good Roast Beef my Landlord sticks ... Love is blind . Cuddy As at Hot - Cockles once I laid me down , 100 And felt the weighty Hand of many a Clown ...
Page 69
... love ! Her soul to gen'rous acts was still inclin'd ; What shows more virtue than an humble mind ? Doris What , though young Sylvia love the Park's cool shade , And wander in the dusk the secret glade ? Masqu'd and alone ( by chance ) ...
... love ! Her soul to gen'rous acts was still inclin'd ; What shows more virtue than an humble mind ? Doris What , though young Sylvia love the Park's cool shade , And wander in the dusk the secret glade ? Masqu'd and alone ( by chance ) ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Chronology of Life and Works | 18 |
The Proeme | 25 |
Copyright | |
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