An Oxford Anthology of English PoetryHoward Foster Lowry, Willard Thorp |
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... poets as much of the color of their original text as we reasonably could . The Middle English verse is in the old spelling , and so is Spenser - for to modernize Spenser would destroy his deliberate archaism . In general , however , the ...
... poets as much of the color of their original text as we reasonably could . The Middle English verse is in the old spelling , and so is Spenser - for to modernize Spenser would destroy his deliberate archaism . In general , however , the ...
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... Poets and Poesy 8 My dearly loved friend , how oft have we In winter evenings , meaning to be free , To some well - chosen place used to retire , And there with moderate meat , and wine , and fire , 7 Hakluyt's Principall Navigations ...
... Poets and Poesy 8 My dearly loved friend , how oft have we In winter evenings , meaning to be free , To some well - chosen place used to retire , And there with moderate meat , and wine , and fire , 7 Hakluyt's Principall Navigations ...
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... poets . That therefore the ancients are necessary to be studied by a Critic , par- ticularly Homer and Virgil . Of licenses , and the use of them by the ancients . Reverence due to the ancients , and praise of them . " T is hard to say ...
... poets . That therefore the ancients are necessary to be studied by a Critic , par- ticularly Homer and Virgil . Of licenses , and the use of them by the ancients . Reverence due to the ancients , and praise of them . " T is hard to say ...
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The Prologue of the Pardoners Tale | 29 |
The Prioresss Prologue | 38 |
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