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 53
... lost Bride the Trojan sought in vain Through Night , and Arms , and Flames , and Hills of Slain . Thus Nisus wander'd o'er the pathless Grove , To find the brave Companion of his Love , The pathless Grove in vain he wanders o'er : 100 ...
... lost Bride the Trojan sought in vain Through Night , and Arms , and Flames , and Hills of Slain . Thus Nisus wander'd o'er the pathless Grove , To find the brave Companion of his Love , The pathless Grove in vain he wanders o'er : 100 ...
Page 77
... lost , redeem . The counsel's good , a fox replies , Could we perform what you advise . Think , what our ancestors have done ; A line of thieves from son to son ; To us descends the long disgrace , And infamy hath mark'd our race ...
... lost , redeem . The counsel's good , a fox replies , Could we perform what you advise . Think , what our ancestors have done ; A line of thieves from son to son ; To us descends the long disgrace , And infamy hath mark'd our race ...
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... Lost 9.793 . line 157 Melampus ] one of Actaeon's hounds . Ovid , Metamorphoses 3.206 . line 276 Lib'ral Hand ] cf. Paradise Lost 9.997 . SHEPHERD'S WEEK ' Monday ' line 92 White - pot ] a kind of custard or milk - pudding . line 99 Hot ...
... Lost 9.793 . line 157 Melampus ] one of Actaeon's hounds . Ovid , Metamorphoses 3.206 . line 276 Lib'ral Hand ] cf. Paradise Lost 9.997 . SHEPHERD'S WEEK ' Monday ' line 92 White - pot ] a kind of custard or milk - pudding . line 99 Hot ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Chronology of Life and Works | 18 |
The Proeme | 25 |
Copyright | |
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