English Poetry of the Seventeenth CenturyRoberta Florence Brinkley |
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... Lost . Having been given assistance in his office after his blindness , he published the Second Defence in 1654 , resumed various pieces of scholarly work , and wrote some of his greatest sonnets . It seems logical to think that he ...
... Lost . Having been given assistance in his office after his blindness , he published the Second Defence in 1654 , resumed various pieces of scholarly work , and wrote some of his greatest sonnets . It seems logical to think that he ...
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... Lost . The supreme epic of English literature had been written , but it was not the epic on early British history which he had been planning when he wrote Mansus or Epitaphium Da- monis.10 The theme of the Fall of Man , however ...
... Lost . The supreme epic of English literature had been written , but it was not the epic on early British history which he had been planning when he wrote Mansus or Epitaphium Da- monis.10 The theme of the Fall of Man , however ...
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... lost in seas , some secret vein Thence reconveighs , there to be lost again . Oh , happiness of sweet retired content ! To be at once secure and innocent . 10 20 30 1 Waller , Upon His Majesty's Repairing of Paul's . The work was be ...
... lost in seas , some secret vein Thence reconveighs , there to be lost again . Oh , happiness of sweet retired content ! To be at once secure and innocent . 10 20 30 1 Waller , Upon His Majesty's Repairing of Paul's . The work was be ...
Contents
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY IN ENGLAND | 1 |
JOHN DONNE | 21 |
The Legacy | 30 |
Copyright | |
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