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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... flower and weed The earth did fresh array , So fresh they seemed as day , Even as their bridal day , which was not long : Sweet Thames , run softly , till I end my song . Then forth they all out of their baskets drew Great store of flowers ...
... flower and weed The earth did fresh array , So fresh they seemed as day , Even as their bridal day , which was not long : Sweet Thames , run softly , till I end my song . Then forth they all out of their baskets drew Great store of flowers ...
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... flowers fresh to you now I do send , Desiring you to look thereon when that you may intend : For flowers fresh begin to fade , and Boreas in the field Even with his hard congealed frost now better flowers doth yield . ( 1584 ) 90 11 ...
... flowers fresh to you now I do send , Desiring you to look thereon when that you may intend : For flowers fresh begin to fade , and Boreas in the field Even with his hard congealed frost now better flowers doth yield . ( 1584 ) 90 11 ...
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... flowers , Now whilst thy beauty bears without a stain ; Now use thy summer smiles ere winter lours . And whilst thou spread'st unto the rising sun The fairest flower that ever saw the light , Now joy thy time before thy sweet be done ...
... flowers , Now whilst thy beauty bears without a stain ; Now use thy summer smiles ere winter lours . And whilst thou spread'st unto the rising sun The fairest flower that ever saw the light , Now joy thy time before thy sweet be done ...
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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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