The Cambridge History of English Literature: Cavalier and PuritanSir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller The University Press, 1911 |
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... famous lyric , Collige , virgo , rosas ; and , among many English renderings of Catullus's famous song to Lesbia , Vivamus , mea Lesbia , atque amemus , none comes so near to the spirit of the original as Campion's ' My sweetest Lesbia ...
... famous lyric , Collige , virgo , rosas ; and , among many English renderings of Catullus's famous song to Lesbia , Vivamus , mea Lesbia , atque amemus , none comes so near to the spirit of the original as Campion's ' My sweetest Lesbia ...
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... famous songs are faithful transcripts of classical models ; elsewhere - as , for instance , in the songs from The Masque of Augures or from Mercury Vindicated - he reproduces much of the atmosphere of the ancient world . And , even ...
... famous songs are faithful transcripts of classical models ; elsewhere - as , for instance , in the songs from The Masque of Augures or from Mercury Vindicated - he reproduces much of the atmosphere of the ancient world . And , even ...
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... famous sixteenth century miscellany Witts Recreations ( 1645 ) occur A Farewell to Sack and The Description of a Woman ; while , in 1648 , soon after his ejection from Dean Prior and return to London , he gave to the press the ...
... famous sixteenth century miscellany Witts Recreations ( 1645 ) occur A Farewell to Sack and The Description of a Woman ; while , in 1648 , soon after his ejection from Dean Prior and return to London , he gave to the press the ...
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... famous songs to Lesbia : but he lacks the passion and poignancy of the Veronese lyrist , though he rivals him in the terse precision of his style . Horace is the inspirer of some of Herrick's most sustained lyrics ; and , the more ...
... famous songs to Lesbia : but he lacks the passion and poignancy of the Veronese lyrist , though he rivals him in the terse precision of his style . Horace is the inspirer of some of Herrick's most sustained lyrics ; and , the more ...
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... famous song To Anthea - Bid me to live ' - his lyric emotion becomes intense and spiritualised ; the fire of love touches his heart , and he rises to the level of Catullus or Burns : Thou art my life , my love , my heart , The very eyes ...
... famous song To Anthea - Bid me to live ' - his lyric emotion becomes intense and spiritualised ; the fire of love touches his heart , and he rises to the level of Catullus or Burns : Thou art my life , my love , my heart , The very eyes ...
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