Poetry of the American Renaissance: A Diverse Anthology from the Romantic PeriodPaul Kane This anthology, the most comprehensive available in a single volume, brings together all of the major poets of the American Renaissance along with many lesser-known poets now being rediscovered. A critical introduction situated the poetry in its historical context, informative headnotes introduce each poet, and notes to the poems provide helpful explanations to unusual words and references. This anthology, for the first time, presents the brilliant poetic legacy of the American Renaissance in a convenient and accessible format. |
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Page 248
... Close on its wave soothes the wave behind , And again another behind embracing and lapping , every one close , But my love soothes not me , not me . Low hangs the moon , it rose late , It is lagging - O I think it is heavy with love ...
... Close on its wave soothes the wave behind , And again another behind embracing and lapping , every one close , But my love soothes not me , not me . Low hangs the moon , it rose late , It is lagging - O I think it is heavy with love ...
Page 253
... close with you , We murmur alike reproachfully rolling sands and drift , knowing not why , These little shreds indeed standing for you and me and all . You friable shore with trails of debris , You fish - shaped island , I take what is ...
... close with you , We murmur alike reproachfully rolling sands and drift , knowing not why , These little shreds indeed standing for you and me and all . You friable shore with trails of debris , You fish - shaped island , I take what is ...
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... close of the day with its light and the fields of spring , and the farmers preparing their crops , In the large unconscious scenery of my land with its lakes and forests , In the heavenly aerial beauty , ( after the perturb'd winds and ...
... close of the day with its light and the fields of spring , and the farmers preparing their crops , In the large unconscious scenery of my land with its lakes and forests , In the heavenly aerial beauty , ( after the perturb'd winds and ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY PAUL KANE | 23 |
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 17941878 | 30 |
MARIA GOWEN BROOKS 1794?1845 | 39 |
Copyright | |
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Poetry of the American Renaissance: A Diverse Anthology From The Romantic Period Various No preview available - 2012 |
Poetry of the American Renaissance: A Diverse Anthology from the Romantic Period Paul Kane No preview available - 1995 |
Common terms and phrases
American American Renaissance angels beautiful beneath bird blood bloom born breath Brooks child clouds dark dead death Dickinson door doth dreams earth Edgar Allan Poe Emerson Emily Dickinson eyes father feet Fireside Poets flowers Frederick Goddard Tuckerman gaze GEORGE MOSES HORTON grass grave gray Greek mythology hand Harvard hath Hawthorne hear heard heart Heaven Henry David Thoreau HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL hills hour land leaves light living Longfellow look MARIA GOWEN BROOKS Melville Menken moon mother never night o'er ocean once pass Phoebe Cary poems poet poetry published river shadows shore sing sleep song soul sound spirit stars stood sweet tears thee thine Thoreau thou thought Timrod transcendentalist verse voice waves Whitman Whittier wild William Ellery Channing wind woman women wood word writing Zóphiël
References to this book
Sight & Sound: Naturbilder in der englischen und amerikanischen Romantik Frank Mehring Limited preview - 2001 |