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... poetry in its wide variety . This we have attempted to do . In order that we might have sufficient space for the ... poetry might wish to have at his command . We have made poetic merit the principal test for inclusion . Yet in ...
... poetry in its wide variety . This we have attempted to do . In order that we might have sufficient space for the ... poetry might wish to have at his command . We have made poetic merit the principal test for inclusion . Yet in ...
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... 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 the heavens have ; George ...
... 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 the heavens have ; George ...
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... 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 high - born verse might help to measure the soul into that better world . Divine ...
... 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 high - born verse might help to measure the soul into that better world . Divine ...
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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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