The New Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseRoger H. Lonsdale, Roger Lonsdale Oxford University Press, 1984 - 870 ページ Anthologies of eighteenth-century verse have tended to confirm traditional notions of the period as one of untroubled elegance, urbanity, and decorum. Offering over 550 poems and extracts by more than 250 poets, The New Oxford Book of Eighteenth-Century Verse presents a truer picture of this age as a much less stable and decorous time. This extraordinarily comprehensive volume includes not only a generous selection of verse by such renowned poets as Swift, Pope, Johnson, Gray, Smart, Goldsmith, Cowper, Blake, and Burns, but also a large number of poems by lesser-known and previously ignored poets. Intermixing the familiar styles and preoccupations of "polite" taste with much less familiar verse from all social levels, it reveals the willingness of the century's poets to respond graphically, humorously, or unconventionally to all aspects of rural and urban life. Topics range from golf and hypnotism to amorous adventure and marital discord, from growing sensitivity to natural beauty to fear of the effects of the Industrial Revolution, and from the anguish of poverty and unemployment to animated political exchanges in the wake of the French Revolution. Taken together, these poems reveal that both unpredictability and familiarity played as significant a role as Augustan reason played in the world of eighteenth-century poetry. The anthology also includes a helpful introduction, notes, and a glossary. |
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... sure ; Midst upper , nether and surrounding night , His sad , sure , sudden and eternal tomb ! ( 1744 ) from Night IX . The Consolation Lorenzo ! such the glories of the world ! What is the world itself ? thy world ? -A grave ! Where is ...
... sure ; Midst upper , nether and surrounding night , His sad , sure , sudden and eternal tomb ! ( 1744 ) from Night IX . The Consolation Lorenzo ! such the glories of the world ! What is the world itself ? thy world ? -A grave ! Where is ...
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... sure ! Does any other master give it ? ' ' I can't say so , ' cries Bill .- ' Why then should I Give more than they ? Maid , fetch a jug of ale : Let's drink together , Bill , to thy good health . ' ' I thank you , master .'- ' Come ...
... sure ! Does any other master give it ? ' ' I can't say so , ' cries Bill .- ' Why then should I Give more than they ? Maid , fetch a jug of ale : Let's drink together , Bill , to thy good health . ' ' I thank you , master .'- ' Come ...
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... Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy ! Are these thy serious thoughts ? -Ah , turn thine eyes Where the poor , houseless , shivering female lies . She once , perhaps , in village plenty ...
... Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy ! Are these thy serious thoughts ? -Ah , turn thine eyes Where the poor , houseless , shivering female lies . She once , perhaps , in village plenty ...
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JOHN POMFRET 16671702 | 1 |
THOMAS DURFEY 16531723 | 5 |
JOHN PHILIPS 16761709 | 6 |
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