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Page 34
... Mistress ( 1647 ) , the poems are a random sampling from Cowley's work of a fifteen - year period . There are thirty - five selections in the group ( including some Cav- alier verses and the “ Anacreontics " ) , " some of them made when ...
... Mistress ( 1647 ) , the poems are a random sampling from Cowley's work of a fifteen - year period . There are thirty - five selections in the group ( including some Cav- alier verses and the “ Anacreontics " ) , " some of them made when ...
Page 46
... mistresses with a delightful series of witty sur- prises and personal allusions that keeps the reader guessing what will come next.44 Each stanza traces the course of a new romance and a new mistress ( Margarita , Martha , Judith , Sus ...
... mistresses with a delightful series of witty sur- prises and personal allusions that keeps the reader guessing what will come next.44 Each stanza traces the course of a new romance and a new mistress ( Margarita , Martha , Judith , Sus ...
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... Mistress was immediately a popular collection , but its popularity has decreased ever since . Dryden's critical questions in 1693 marked the beginning of the end . Donne " affects the metaphysics , " Dryden wrote , not only in his ...
... Mistress was immediately a popular collection , but its popularity has decreased ever since . Dryden's critical questions in 1693 marked the beginning of the end . Donne " affects the metaphysics , " Dryden wrote , not only in his ...
Contents
Preface | 11 |
The Muses Hannibal | 34 |
The great Methusalem of Love | 47 |
Copyright | |
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