Poems in English, 1530-1940: Edited, with Critical and Historical Notes and EssaysDavid Daiches, William Charvat |
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Page 129
... play rather than at work . This " occasional " poetry is just as im- portant in this period as more deliberately formal works such as Pope's " Essay on Man . " Elegant trifles - the Romans had a word for them , nugae - represent the ...
... play rather than at work . This " occasional " poetry is just as im- portant in this period as more deliberately formal works such as Pope's " Essay on Man . " Elegant trifles - the Romans had a word for them , nugae - represent the ...
Page 139
... play and dwindled to a farce ? When did his Muse from Fletcher scenes purloin , As thou whole Eth'rege dost transfuse to thine ? But so transfus'd , as oil on water's flow , His always floats above , thine sinks below . This is thy ...
... play and dwindled to a farce ? When did his Muse from Fletcher scenes purloin , As thou whole Eth'rege dost transfuse to thine ? But so transfus'd , as oil on water's flow , His always floats above , thine sinks below . This is thy ...
Page 675
... play a trick of this kind on Sir Formal Trifle . 216. An allusion to the Biblical story of Elijah's mantle falling on Elisha ( I Kings 19 , 19 and II Kings 2 , 9 ) . 119. To my Dear Friend Mr. Congreve . Another fine example of Dryden's ...
... play a trick of this kind on Sir Formal Trifle . 216. An allusion to the Biblical story of Elijah's mantle falling on Elisha ( I Kings 19 , 19 and II Kings 2 , 9 ) . 119. To my Dear Friend Mr. Congreve . Another fine example of Dryden's ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
HENRY HOWARD EARL OF SURREY 15161547 | 12 |
Come sleep O sleep the certain knot of peace 15 Stella oft sees the very face of woe | 18 |
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