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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... note for ' Monday ' 83 , of his source passage in Virgil . The Shepherd's Week however has a number of other targets . Tom D'Urfey the balladeer and song - writer , mentioned in ' Wednesday ' and implied in the list of popular ballads ...
... note for ' Monday ' 83 , of his source passage in Virgil . The Shepherd's Week however has a number of other targets . Tom D'Urfey the balladeer and song - writer , mentioned in ' Wednesday ' and implied in the list of popular ballads ...
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... please diff'rent vermine . MY OWN EPITAPH [ Poems on Several Occasions , 1720 ] Life is a jest ; and all things show it , I thought so once ; but now I know it . NOTES These notes are inevitably brief . The serious student 93 My Own ...
... please diff'rent vermine . MY OWN EPITAPH [ Poems on Several Occasions , 1720 ] Life is a jest ; and all things show it , I thought so once ; but now I know it . NOTES These notes are inevitably brief . The serious student 93 My Own ...
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John Gay Marcus Walsh. NOTES These notes are inevitably brief . The serious student will consult the comprehensive Commentary of the Dearing - Beckwith edition . WINE line 25 Xantippe ] wife of Socrates , traditionally a type of bad ...
John Gay Marcus Walsh. NOTES These notes are inevitably brief . The serious student will consult the comprehensive Commentary of the Dearing - Beckwith edition . WINE line 25 Xantippe ] wife of Socrates , traditionally a type of bad ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Chronology of Life and Works | 18 |
The Proeme | 25 |
Copyright | |
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