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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... true love and feeling for Nature ' ( p . 109 ) ; Gray's journal is written with ' unaffected simplicity ' ( p . 43 ) ; Mickle was possessed of ' genuine poetic feelings ' ( p . 112 ) ; Cowper and Burns were among those in modern times ...
... true love and feeling for Nature ' ( p . 109 ) ; Gray's journal is written with ' unaffected simplicity ' ( p . 43 ) ; Mickle was possessed of ' genuine poetic feelings ' ( p . 112 ) ; Cowper and Burns were among those in modern times ...
Page 64
... true a friend ! Many happy days God send her ; Of my suit I make an end : On my knees I pardon crave for my offence , Which did from love and true affection first commence . Commend me to thy lovely lady , Bear to her this chain of gold ...
... true a friend ! Many happy days God send her ; Of my suit I make an end : On my knees I pardon crave for my offence , Which did from love and true affection first commence . Commend me to thy lovely lady , Bear to her this chain of gold ...
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... true Banner of Mars , that had not obtained Sir Philip Sidney's approbation . Men of Affairs in most parts of Christen- dome , entertained correspondency with him . But what speak I of these , with whom his own waies , and ends did ...
... true Banner of Mars , that had not obtained Sir Philip Sidney's approbation . Men of Affairs in most parts of Christen- dome , entertained correspondency with him . But what speak I of these , with whom his own waies , and ends did ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
James Graham 1st Marquis of Montrose Great | 15 |
Acknowledgements | 23 |
Copyright | |
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