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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... dark as Pitch , surround my From Sparabella Bumkinet is fled ; The Ribbon that his val'rous Cudgel won , Last Sunday happier Clumsilis put on . Head , Sure , if he'd Eyes ( but Love , they say , has none ) I whilome by that Ribbon had ...
... dark as Pitch , surround my From Sparabella Bumkinet is fled ; The Ribbon that his val'rous Cudgel won , Last Sunday happier Clumsilis put on . Head , Sure , if he'd Eyes ( but Love , they say , has none ) I whilome by that Ribbon had ...
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... dark Paths by Night retire ; 130 Mind only Safety , and contemn the Mire . Then no impervious Courts thy Haste detain , Nor sneering Ale - Wives bid thee turn again . The Danger of crossing a Square by Night Where Lincoln's - Inn , wide ...
... dark Paths by Night retire ; 130 Mind only Safety , and contemn the Mire . Then no impervious Courts thy Haste detain , Nor sneering Ale - Wives bid thee turn again . The Danger of crossing a Square by Night Where Lincoln's - Inn , wide ...
Page 58
... dark Abodes , The Harlots ' guileful Paths , who nightly stand , Where Katherine - street descends into the Strand . Say , vagrant Muse , their Wiles and subtil Arts , To lure the Stranger's unsuspecting Hearts ; 265 So shall our Youth ...
... dark Abodes , The Harlots ' guileful Paths , who nightly stand , Where Katherine - street descends into the Strand . Say , vagrant Muse , their Wiles and subtil Arts , To lure the Stranger's unsuspecting Hearts ; 265 So shall our Youth ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Chronology of Life and Works | 18 |
The Proeme | 25 |
Copyright | |
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