Poems of Faith

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Bob Blaisdell
Courier Corporation, Jan 15, 2013 - Poetry - 160 pages
The best-known works of more than 60 British and American poets, written over a period of nearly 400 years, comprise this superb collection of verse. Focusing on poems of faith — inspiring, comforting, and profound works with religious themes and ideals — the volume includes "Holy Sonnets" by John Donne, Ben Jonson's "To the Holy Trinity," "Paradise" by George Herbert, "On His Blindness" by John Milton, as well as poems by Andrew Marvell, Thomas Traherne, Edward Taylor, Samuel Johnson, William Cowper, William Blake, Emily Bronte, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and many others. A rich treasury of stirring verse, this collection is ideal for classroom use or for independent study but will also appeal to lovers of exceptional English and American poetry. Dover original selection of poems from standard editions.
 

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Anonymous c 1539
1
Mary Sidney Countess of Pembroke 15611621
7
John Day 15661628
13
George Wither 15881667
20
George Herbert 15931632
31
Christopher Harvey 15971663
37
Abraham Cowley 16181667
43
John Bunyan 16281688
49
Thomas Shepherd 16651739
57
John Newton 17251807
66
Augustus Toplady 17401778
73
John Clare 17931864
79
Anne Bronté 18201849
86
Emily Dickinson 18301886
92
Digby Mackworth Dolben 18481867
94
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