The New Oxford Book of Sixteenth Century VerseOxford University Press, 1991 - 769 páginas In the sixty years since we published the original Oxford Book of Sixteenth-Century Verse, a revolution in literary taste has taken place. We now know that Elizabethan literature contained much more than dainty pastorals and lovely sonnets, and that in fact many poetic traditions flourished within the sixteenth century. Now, Emrys Jones has brought together a definitive collection of verse which truly captures the diversity of this period. By no means have the classics of Elizabethan literature been replaced--there are ample selections from Spenser's Faerie Queen, from Shakespeare's sonnets and plays (including Ariel's song from The Tempest: "Full fathom five thy father lies..."), and from John Donne (who actually produced many poems in the sixteenth century, although he has previously been thought of only as a poet of the next century). But alongside these well-known works, Jones has placed a vast array of other significant poems--from the early part of the century (when poets such as John Skelton still harkened back to Chaucer and feudal times) to the great Elizabethan period (when it seems everybody, including the Queen, was writing admirable verse). Managing both to be inclusive and to maintain the high literary standards of the earlier collection, The New Oxford Book of Sixteenth-Century Verse (with its engaging and informative introduction, and its copious footnotes which gloss unfamiliar words) conveys in unparalleled style all the richness of what is arguably the greatest century of English literature. |
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... delighted me , That yet they do me good ; Wherewith I wake with his return , 10 Whose absent flame did make me burn : 20 But when I find the lack , Lord , how I mourn ! When other lovers in arms across Rejoice their chief delight ...
... delighted me , That yet they do me good ; Wherewith I wake with his return , 10 Whose absent flame did make me burn : 20 But when I find the lack , Lord , how I mourn ! When other lovers in arms across Rejoice their chief delight ...
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... delight , Delights of life , and ornaments of light ! With whom he close confers with wise discourse , Of Nature's works , of heaven's continual course , 88 ring ] i.e. for spear practice . A ring was hung up , and the horseman ...
... delight , Delights of life , and ornaments of light ! With whom he close confers with wise discourse , Of Nature's works , of heaven's continual course , 88 ring ] i.e. for spear practice . A ring was hung up , and the horseman ...
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... delight , Help quickly her to dight , But first come ye , fair hours , which were begot In Jove's sweet paradise , of day and night , Which do the seasons of the year allot , And all that ever in this world is fair Do make and still ...
... delight , Help quickly her to dight , But first come ye , fair hours , which were begot In Jove's sweet paradise , of day and night , Which do the seasons of the year allot , And all that ever in this world is fair Do make and still ...
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JOHN SKELTON c 14601529 | 1 |
To Mistress Margaret Hussey | 2 |
My darling dear my daisy flower | 3 |
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