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Nipt 7938 Vlaa PREFACE The lyrical poetry of the period drawn upon by this volume has been well presented in a number of anthologies ; but so far as we are aware , no previous anthology has given an adequate representation of the rich ...
Nipt 7938 Vlaa PREFACE The lyrical poetry of the period drawn upon by this volume has been well presented in a number of anthologies ; but so far as we are aware , no previous anthology has given an adequate representation of the rich ...
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One god is god of both ( as poets feign ) , One knight loves both , and both in thee remain . Against the dispraisers of poetry Chaucer is dead ; and Gower lies in grave ; The Earl of Surrey long ago is gone ; Sir Philip Sidney's soul ...
One god is god of both ( as poets feign ) , One knight loves both , and both in thee remain . Against the dispraisers of poetry Chaucer is dead ; and Gower lies in grave ; The Earl of Surrey long ago is gone ; Sir Philip Sidney's soul ...
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Think ye St. Augustine would have stained his graver learning with a book of poetry had he fancied its dearest end to be the vanity of love - sonnets and epithalamiums ? No , no , he thought with this our poet , that every foot in a ...
Think ye St. Augustine would have stained his graver learning with a book of poetry had he fancied its dearest end to be the vanity of love - sonnets and epithalamiums ? No , no , he thought with this our poet , that every foot in a ...
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JOHN SKELTON | 3 |
HENRY HOWARD EARL OF SURREY | 27 |
MINOR COURTLY MAKERS OF HENRY VIIIS REIGN | 41 |
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