The Times Book of English VerseThe 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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Page 119
35 Tell us – for oracles must still ascend , For those that crave them at your tomb - Tell us , where are those beauties now become , And what they now intend : Tell us , alas , that cannot tell our grief , Or hope relief .
35 Tell us – for oracles must still ascend , For those that crave them at your tomb - Tell us , where are those beauties now become , And what they now intend : Tell us , alas , that cannot tell our grief , Or hope relief .
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This knows my Punisher ; therefore as far From granting He , as I from begging , peace ; All hope excluded thus , behold , in stead 105 Of us , outcast , exiled , His new delight , Mankind created , and for him this world .
This knows my Punisher ; therefore as far From granting He , as I from begging , peace ; All hope excluded thus , behold , in stead 105 Of us , outcast , exiled , His new delight , Mankind created , and for him this world .
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... That man is only weak through his mistrust And want of hope where evidence divine Proclaims to him that hope should be most sure ; Nor did the inexperience of my youth Preclude conviction , that a spirit strong In hope , and trained ...
... That man is only weak through his mistrust And want of hope where evidence divine Proclaims to him that hope should be most sure ; Nor did the inexperience of my youth Preclude conviction , that a spirit strong In hope , and trained ...
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User Review - johnbratby - LibraryThingA comprehensive survey of the best poetry writtten in English, ranging across seven centuries from Chaucer to Heaney. Lightly annotated with clear explanations - one of the major advantages of this ... Read full review
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Thomas Traherne 163774 | 74 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Times Book of English Verse Times books |
| Editor | Edward Leeson |
| Compiled by | Edward Leeson |
| Contributor | Times Books (Firm) |
| Publisher | Times Books, 2004 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 000472450X, 9780004724508 |
| Length | 703 pages |
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