Early American Poetry: Selections from Bradstreet, Taylor, Dwight, Freneau, and BryantJane Donahue Eberwein Here is the first major-figure anthology of American poetry of the colonial and early national periods, an indispensable volume for both students and scholars of American literature and civilization. |
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... look I wakened was with thund'ring noise And piteous shrieks of dreadful voice . That fearful sound of " Fire ! " and " Fire ! " Let no man know is my desire . I , starting up , the light did spy , And to my God my heart did cry To ...
... Look not to Europe , for examples just Of order , manners , customs , doctrines , laws , Of happiness , or virtue . Cast around The eye of searching reason , and declare What Europe proffers , but a patchwork sway ; The garment Gothic ...
... look at , not to touch ; To worship , not approach , that radiant white ; And well might sudden vengeance light on such As dared , like thee , most impiously to bite . Thou shouldst have gazed at distance and admired , Murmured thy ...
Contents
ANNE BRADSTREET 16121672 | 3 |
Of the Four Ages of Man | 16 |
From Several Poems | 29 |
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Early American Poetry: Selections from Bradstreet, Taylor, Dwight, Freneau ... Jane Donahue Eberwein No preview available - 1978 |