Spenser: SelectionsClarendon Press, 1956 - 208 pages |
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... poem was notoriously loose in con- struction and only half serious in conception ; Ronsard's Franciade showed , on the other hand , how excessive devotion to classical formulas could kill the free heroic spirit that flourished in ...
... poem was notoriously loose in con- struction and only half serious in conception ; Ronsard's Franciade showed , on the other hand , how excessive devotion to classical formulas could kill the free heroic spirit that flourished in ...
Page 187
... poem was appar- ently written some time after Leicester's death . 281. Spenser now turns to speak of Sidney . 290. too soone . Sidney was 32 years of age when mortally wounded , 1586 . 317-19 . thine owne sister . Mary Sidney , Countess ...
... poem was appar- ently written some time after Leicester's death . 281. Spenser now turns to speak of Sidney . 290. too soone . Sidney was 32 years of age when mortally wounded , 1586 . 317-19 . thine owne sister . Mary Sidney , Countess ...
Page 189
... poem . ( Grosart . ) 400. Alabaster . William Alabaster ( 1567–1640 ) ; his Eliseis , a Latin poem in praise of Queen Elizabeth , exists in MS . 412. See note to Returne from Parnassus . 416. Daniel . Samuel Daniel ( 1562–1619 ) ...
... poem . ( Grosart . ) 400. Alabaster . William Alabaster ( 1567–1640 ) ; his Eliseis , a Latin poem in praise of Queen Elizabeth , exists in MS . 412. See note to Returne from Parnassus . 416. Daniel . Samuel Daniel ( 1562–1619 ) ...
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