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 47
... flower - like form . The orange - tree has fruit and flowers ; The grenadilla , in its bloom , Hangs o'er its high , luxuriant bowers , Like fringes from a Tyrian loom . When the white coffee - blossoms swell , The fair 47 Composed at ...
... flower - like form . The orange - tree has fruit and flowers ; The grenadilla , in its bloom , Hangs o'er its high , luxuriant bowers , Like fringes from a Tyrian loom . When the white coffee - blossoms swell , The fair 47 Composed at ...
Page 79
... flowers I chased the butterfly , A blooming hunter of a fairy fine . And hark ! where overhead the ancient crows Hold their sour conversation in the sky . These are the same , but I am not the same But wiser than I was , & wise enough ...
... flowers I chased the butterfly , A blooming hunter of a fairy fine . And hark ! where overhead the ancient crows Hold their sour conversation in the sky . These are the same , but I am not the same But wiser than I was , & wise enough ...
Page 136
... flowers are merely - flowers , And the shadow of thy perfect bliss Is the sunshine of ours . If I could dwell Where Israfel Hath dwelt , and he where I , He might not sing so wildly well A mortal melody , While a bolder note than this ...
... flowers are merely - flowers , And the shadow of thy perfect bliss Is the sunshine of ours . If I could dwell Where Israfel Hath dwelt , and he where I , He might not sing so wildly well A mortal melody , While a bolder note than this ...
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 |