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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HENRY HOWARD , EARL OF SURREY 15 WHEN RAGING LOVE WITH EXTREME PAIN ' Forget not then thine own approved , The which so long hath thee so loved , Whose steadfast faith yet never moved , Forget not this ! 20 WHEN raging love with extreme ...
HENRY HOWARD , EARL OF SURREY 15 WHEN RAGING LOVE WITH EXTREME PAIN ' Forget not then thine own approved , The which so long hath thee so loved , Whose steadfast faith yet never moved , Forget not this ! 20 WHEN raging love with extreme ...
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Lives there who loves his pain ! Who would not , finding way , break loose from hell , Though thither doomed ! Thou wouldst thyself , no doubt And boldly venture to whatever place Farthest from pain , where thou mightst hope to change ...
Lives there who loves his pain ! Who would not , finding way , break loose from hell , Though thither doomed ! Thou wouldst thyself , no doubt And boldly venture to whatever place Farthest from pain , where thou mightst hope to change ...
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True is , less firmly armed , 430 Some disadvantage we endured and pain , Till now not known , but , known , as soon contemned ; Since now we find this our empyreal form Incapable of mortal injury , Imperishable , and , though pierced ...
True is , less firmly armed , 430 Some disadvantage we endured and pain , Till now not known , but , known , as soon contemned ; Since now we find this our empyreal form Incapable of mortal injury , Imperishable , and , though pierced ...
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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
Contents
12122 | 44 |
Thomas Traherne 163774 | 74 |
Thomas Campion 15671620 | 98 |
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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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