English Sonnets: A SelectionJohn Dennis |
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... Sonnets , though in no part of the writings of this poet is found , in an equal compass , a greater number of exquisite feelings felicitously expressed . " - Wordsworth . " These Sonnets , like the Venus and Adonis , and the Rape of ...
... Sonnets , though in no part of the writings of this poet is found , in an equal compass , a greater number of exquisite feelings felicitously expressed . " - Wordsworth . " These Sonnets , like the Venus and Adonis , and the Rape of ...
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... Sonnets in new combinations , and although considerable ability is shown in the readjustment , it is in the highest degree unlikely that by these violent changes , made to fit a theory , the Sonnets have been shaken into their natural ...
... Sonnets in new combinations , and although considerable ability is shown in the readjustment , it is in the highest degree unlikely that by these violent changes , made to fit a theory , the Sonnets have been shaken into their natural ...
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... sonnet on Philoctetes is by far the finest of his poems , and there is nothing in the remaining sonnets , which were published at Oxford in 1789 , to justify Southey's youthful eulogy of the author , whom he terms " the best English sonnet ...
... sonnet on Philoctetes is by far the finest of his poems , and there is nothing in the remaining sonnets , which were published at Oxford in 1789 , to justify Southey's youthful eulogy of the author , whom he terms " the best English sonnet ...
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beauty behold bird breath bright charm dark DAVID GRAY dear death delight divine dost doth dream earth EDMUND SPENSER ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING English Sonnets eternal eyes fade fair Faith fame fear feel flowers friends glory grace grief happy HARTLEY COLERIDGE hast hath heart heaven heavenly HEMANS HENRY CONSTABLE honour hope JOHN KEATS JOHN KEBLE JOHN MILTON JULIAN FANE Lady language light live look Lord love thee Love's Massey's mind Mistress morn Muse never night o'er passion Petrarch pleasure poems poet poet's poetical poetry praise pray SAMUEL DANIEL Shakespeare shine sight silent sing sleep song sonnet writer sorrow soul sound SPEARE spirit SURREY sweet tears thine things THOMAS WARTON thou art thought toil verse voice weary weep WILLIAM CALDWELL ROSCOE WILLIAM DRUMMOND WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES WILLIAM SHAKE WILLIAM WORDS Wordsworth WORTH youth