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Page 78
... clear , though gentle , yet not dull , Strong without rage , without ore - flowing full.2 But ' Cooper's Hill ' involves difficult questions of text . Brendan O Hehir prints four different versions of the poem , dating the earliest as ...
... clear , though gentle , yet not dull , Strong without rage , without ore - flowing full.2 But ' Cooper's Hill ' involves difficult questions of text . Brendan O Hehir prints four different versions of the poem , dating the earliest as ...
Page 81
... clear throughout the poem that Denham wants there to be a critical perspective . This is evident when he introduces a town / country contrast , in the discussion of the religious policy of Henry VIII ( which he explicitly links with the ...
... clear throughout the poem that Denham wants there to be a critical perspective . This is evident when he introduces a town / country contrast , in the discussion of the religious policy of Henry VIII ( which he explicitly links with the ...
Page 86
... clear enjoyment of the detail of town living and his creative response to the energy and ingenuity which he locates there . When , therefore , we glance at Jonson's country - house poems in the wider context of his other work , it is clear ...
... clear enjoyment of the detail of town living and his creative response to the energy and ingenuity which he locates there . When , therefore , we glance at Jonson's country - house poems in the wider context of his other work , it is clear ...
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