Wordsworth's PoetsDuncan Wu A unique opportunity to examine the apprenticeship of a great writer, this selection of poems composed between 1785 and 1790 reveals a precocious and remarkably accomplished early talent and shows that even in his earliest work, Wordsworth was already preoccupied with the themes that would later be explored fully in The Prelude. |
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Duncan Wu. ' How should'st thou , fair lady , love me , Whom thou knowst thy countrys foe ? Thy fair wordes make me suspect thee : ' Serpents lie where flowers grow . ' 25 All the harm I wishe to thee , most courteous knight , God grant ...
Duncan Wu. ' How should'st thou , fair lady , love me , Whom thou knowst thy countrys foe ? Thy fair wordes make me suspect thee : ' Serpents lie where flowers grow . ' 25 All the harm I wishe to thee , most courteous knight , God grant ...
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... Fair was thy luve , fair fair indeed thy luve , In flow'ry bands thou didst him fetter ; Tho ' he was fair , and weil beluv'd again Than me he never luv'd thee better . 60 C. Busk ye , then busk , my bonny bonny 1785 66.
... Fair was thy luve , fair fair indeed thy luve , In flow'ry bands thou didst him fetter ; Tho ' he was fair , and weil beluv'd again Than me he never luv'd thee better . 60 C. Busk ye , then busk , my bonny bonny 1785 66.
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... fair : Maybe some ither thing they gie me They weel can spare . 100 But MAUCHLINE Race or MAUCHLINE Fair , I should be proud to meet you there ; We'se gie ae night's discharge to care , If we forgather , 105 An ' hae a swap o ' rhymin ...
... fair : Maybe some ither thing they gie me They weel can spare . 100 But MAUCHLINE Race or MAUCHLINE Fair , I should be proud to meet you there ; We'se gie ae night's discharge to care , If we forgather , 105 An ' hae a swap o ' rhymin ...
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Introduction | 9 |
James Graham 1st Marquis of Montrose Great | 15 |
Acknowledgements | 23 |
Copyright | |
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