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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... live the pious , serviceable life of the good Puritan despite recurring doubts about the validity of her religion and the assurance of her own conversion experience . She saw the repeated sicknesses of her adult life and the sorrows of ...
... live out threescore years or past . Next Youth came up in gorgeous attire , ( As that fond age doth most of all desire ) . His suit of crimson and his scarf of green , His pride in's countenance was quickly seen ; 25 25 1. This debate ...
... live on other's lands ; A royal one19 by gifts from strangers ' hands , Admired for their magnanimity , Who lost a princedom and a monarchy . I've seen designs for Ree and Rochelle20 crossed , And poor Palatinate21 forever lost . 380 I ...
... lives for truth's defence that stand . 215 Blest be thy commons , who for common good , And thy infringed laws have boldly stood . Blest be thy counties , who did aid thee still , With hearts and states to testify their will . Blest be ...
... live therein is blest : No Canaanite shall then be found i ' th ' land , And holiness on horses ' bells23 shall stand . If this make way thereto , then sigh no more , But if at all , thou didst not see't before ; Farewell , dear Mother ...
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 |