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Page vii
... delight even upon a first perusal ; but " the sonnet is a form of poetry , in which style is put under high pressure , " and the wealth it contains is rarely to be won without toil . Condensation of thought , exactitude of language ...
... delight even upon a first perusal ; but " the sonnet is a form of poetry , in which style is put under high pressure , " and the wealth it contains is rarely to be won without toil . Condensation of thought , exactitude of language ...
Page ix
... delight which is inexhaustible . " This delight is afforded in no stinted measure by the Sonnet , which concentrates within a narrow space such rare and b often peerless beauty . A Sonnet , brief though it PREFACE . ix.
... delight which is inexhaustible . " This delight is afforded in no stinted measure by the Sonnet , which concentrates within a narrow space such rare and b often peerless beauty . A Sonnet , brief though it PREFACE . ix.
Page x
... delight . To make the anthology worthy of such students , no trouble has been spared . The labour of editorial work like this is not evident to the casual reader , since the heaviest portion of it leaves no mark upon the page . Very bad ...
... delight . To make the anthology worthy of such students , no trouble has been spared . The labour of editorial work like this is not evident to the casual reader , since the heaviest portion of it leaves no mark upon the page . Very bad ...
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... delight , Feeble of spirit , impatient of pain , When he had lost his honour and his right , ( Proud time of wealth , in storms appalled with dread , ) Murdered himself , to show some manful deed . EARL OF SURREY . 1516 ? -1547 . SPRING ...
... delight , Feeble of spirit , impatient of pain , When he had lost his honour and his right , ( Proud time of wealth , in storms appalled with dread , ) Murdered himself , to show some manful deed . EARL OF SURREY . 1516 ? -1547 . SPRING ...
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... delight , I might perceive how in her glancing sight , Legions of loves with little wings did fly Darting their deadly arrows fiery bright , At every rash beholder passing by . One of those archers closely I did spy , Aiming his arrow ...
... delight , I might perceive how in her glancing sight , Legions of loves with little wings did fly Darting their deadly arrows fiery bright , At every rash beholder passing by . One of those archers closely I did spy , Aiming his arrow ...
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Author beauty behold bird breath bright charm Cornhill Crown 8vo dark DAVID GRAY dear death delight divine dost doth dream earth Edition EDMUND SPENSER ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING English Sonnets eyes fair Faith fame fancy fear feel flowers friends grace happy HARTLEY COLERIDGE hast hath heart heaven heavenly HENRY CONSTABLE hope Illustrations JOHN KEATS JOHN MILTON JULIAN FANE Lady language light live London look Lord love thee Love's mind Mistress morn Muse never night o'er passion Paternoster Row Petrarch pleasure poems poet poetical poetry praise Price reader SAMUEL DANIEL Shakespeare shine sight sing sleep song sorrow soul SPEARE spirit story SURREY sweet tears thine things THOMAS WARTON thou art thought touches verse voice volume weary weep WILLIAM CALDWELL ROSCOE WILLIAM DRUMMOND WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES WILLIAM SHAKE WILLIAM WORDS Wordsworth WORTH written