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Page 80
Inigo Jones won out , and Jonson was never again asked to write a court masque . He had suffered a stroke of paralysis in 1628 and seems to have been in need . He was appointed City Chronologer , but when he was unable to perform his ...
Inigo Jones won out , and Jonson was never again asked to write a court masque . He had suffered a stroke of paralysis in 1628 and seems to have been in need . He was appointed City Chronologer , but when he was unable to perform his ...
Page 189
I sing of times trans - shifting , and I write How roses first came red and lilies white . I write of groves , of twilights , and I sing The court of Mab and of the fairy king . I write of hell ; I sing ( and ever shall ) Of heaven ...
I sing of times trans - shifting , and I write How roses first came red and lilies white . I write of groves , of twilights , and I sing The court of Mab and of the fairy king . I write of hell ; I sing ( and ever shall ) Of heaven ...
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In order to continue writing , Cowley had need of the ambitious spirit which he had expressed at Cambridge in The Motto ... poems he comments that " a warlike , various , and a tragical age is best to write of , but worst to write in .
In order to continue writing , Cowley had need of the ambitious spirit which he had expressed at Cambridge in The Motto ... poems he comments that " a warlike , various , and a tragical age is best to write of , but worst to write in .
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Contents
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY IN ENGLAND | 1 |
JOHN DONNE | 21 |
BEN JONSON | 76 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | English Poetry of the Seventeenth Century |
| Editor | Roberta Florence Brinkley |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Norton, 1942 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 672 pages |
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