Early American Poetry: Selections from Bradstreet, Taylor, Dwight, Freneau, and BryantHere 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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... fair , When blushing she first ' gins to light the air . No wooden horse , but one of mettle tried , He seems to fly or swim , and not to ride . Then prancing on the stage , about he wheels , But as he went , death waited at his heels ...
... fair Trusteth my loving looks and glozing tongue , Until her friends , treasure , and honour's gone . Sometimes I sit carousing others ' health , Until mine own be gone , my wit and wealth . From pipe to pot , from pot to words and ...
... fair France , conspire your wrack , Or do the Scots play false behind your back ? Doth Holland quit you ill for all your love ? Whence is the storm from earth or heaven above ? Is't drought , is't famine , or is't pestilence ? Doth feel ...
... fair . What is't in flow'ring youth , or manly age ? The first is prone to vice , the last to rage . Where is it then , in wisdom , learning , arts ? Sure if on earth , it must be in those parts ; Yet these the wisest man of men did ...
... fair he seems to be , Sees glorious Adam there made lord of all , Fancies the apple , dangle on the tree , That turned his sovereign to a naked thrall . Who like a miscreant's driven from that place , To get his bread with pain and ...
Contents
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Timothy Dwight 17521817 | 121 |
Philip Freneau 17521832 | 190 |
William Cullen Bryant 17941878 | 254 |
Appendix | 319 |
Index of Poets and Titles | 377 |
Index of First Lines | 381 |
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Early American Poetry: Selections from Bradstreet, Taylor, Dwight, Freneau ... Jane Donahue Eberwein No preview available - 1978 |
Early American Poetry: Selections from Bradstreet, Taylor, Dwight, Freneau ... Jane Donahue Eberwein No preview available - 1978 |