The Times Book of English Verse

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Edward Leeson
Times Books, 2004 - English poetry - 703 pages
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The most comprehensive survey of English Verse available, covering seven centuries, from Chaucer to Heaney, and including longer poems - such as Paradise Lost and The Prelude - in their entirety.

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Already by thy reasoning this I guess , Who art to lead thy offspring , and supposest That bodies bright and greater should not serve The less not bright , nor heaven such journeys run , Earth sitting still , when she alone receives The ...
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115 Each heavenly word , by whose hid flame Our hard hearts shall strike fire , the same 160 Shall flourish on thy brows , and be Both fire to us and flame to thee ; Whose light shall live bright in thy face By glory , in our hearts by ...
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RENOUNCEMENT 15 ' BRIGHT IS THE RING OF WORDS ' : 11 fashion : making 12 swains : lovers I MUST NOT think of thee ; and , tired yet strong , I shun the thought that lurks in all delight - The thought of thee - and in the blue Heaven's ...

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About the author (2004)

Edward Leeson is a highly regarded author and compiler of anthologies. His works include the New Golden Treasury of English Verse ('excellent ' - Kingsley Amis), which has been in print since 1983, and The Macmillan Anthology of English Prose.

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TitleThe Times Book of English Verse
Times books
EditorEdward Leeson
Compiled byEdward Leeson
ContributorTimes Books (Firm)
PublisherTimes Books, 2004
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized4 Mar 2008
ISBN000472450X, 9780004724508
Length703 pages
  
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