Six Centuries of English Poetry: Tennyson to Chaucer

Name: Six Centuries of English Poetry: Tennyson to Chaucer
Author: Baldwin, James

Baldwin, James

English poetry

=William Browne= (1588-1643). "Britannia's Pastorals"; "The Shepherd's
Pipe"; "The Inner Temple Masque."

=George Wither= (1588-1667). Short poems; "Collection of Emblems"; "Nature
of Man"; "The Shepheard's Hunting"; "Fidelia."

=Phineas Fletcher= (1582-1650). "The Locustes"; "The Purple Island."

=Giles Fletcher= (1588-1623). "Christ's Victory and Triumph."

=Thomas Carew= (1589-1639). Short poems; "Cælum Britannicum."

=Francis Quarles= (1592-1644). "Divine Poems"; "Emblems, Divine and
Moral."

=Robert Herrick= (1594-1674). See biographical note, page 202.

=Sir John Suckling= (1608-1642). Love poems.

=Richard Lovelace= (1618-1658). Short poems; "Lucasta: Odes, Sonnets,
Songs," etc.

=Lord Herbert of Cherbury= (1581-1648). Odes and short poems.

=George Herbert= (1592-1634). "The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private
Ejaculations"; short poems.

=George Sandys= (1577-1643). "Christ's Passion."

=Richard Crashaw= (1615-1650). "Steps to the Altar."

=Henry Vaughan= (1621-1695). "Silex Scintillans"; "The Mount of Olives."

=Abraham Cowley= (1618-1667). "Poetical Blossomes"; "The Mistress."

=Edmund Waller= (1605-1687). See biographical note, page 205.

=Sir John Denham= (1615-1668). "Cooper's Hill."

=Sir William Davenant= (1605-1668). "Gondibert"; "Madagascar and Other
Poems."

=John Milton= (1608-1674). See biographical note, page 195.

=Andrew Marvell= (1621-1678). Lyric and satiric poems.

=Samuel Butler= (1612-1680). "Hudibras."

=Thomas Otway= (1651-1685). "The Poet's Complaint of his Muse"; "Windsor
Castle."

=John Dryden= (1631-1700). See biographical note, page 175.




John Dryden.




ALEXANDER'S FEAST; OR, THE POWER OF MUSIC:

AN ODE IN HONOR OF ST. CECILIA'S DAY.


     'Twas at the royal feast,{1} for Persia won
           By Philip's warlike son:
         Aloft in awful state
         The godlike hero sate
           On his imperial throne:
         His valiant peers were placed around;
     Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound:{2}
         (So should desert in arms be crowned.)
       The lovely Thais,{3} by his side,
       Sate like a blooming Eastern bride
       In flower of youth and beauty's pride.
           Happy, happy, happy pair!
           None but the brave,
           None but the brave,
           None but the brave deserves the fair.

               _Chorus._

               Happy, happy, happy pair!
               None but the brave,
               None but the brave,
               None but the brave deserves the fair.

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Six Centuries of English Poetry: Tennyson to Chaucer

Baldwin, James

English poetry

=William Browne= (1588-1643). "Britannia's Pastorals"; "The Shepherd's
Pipe"; "The Inner Temple Masque."

=George Wither= (1588-1667). Short poems; "Collection of Emblems"; "Nature
of Man"; "The Shepheard's Hunting"; "Fidelia."

=Phineas Fletcher= (1582-1650). "The Locustes"; "The Purple Island."

=Giles Fletcher= (1588-1623). "Christ's Victory and Triumph."

=Thomas Carew= (1589-1639). Short poems; "Cælum Britannicum."

=Francis Quarles= (1592-1644). "Divine Poems"; "Emblems, Divine and
Moral."

=Robert Herrick= (1594-1674). See biographical note, page 202.

=Sir John Suckling= (1608-1642). Love poems.

=Richard Lovelace= (1618-1658). Short poems; "Lucasta: Odes, Sonnets,
Songs," etc.

=Lord Herbert of Cherbury= (1581-1648). Odes and short poems.

=George Herbert= (1592-1634). "The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private
Ejaculations"; short poems.

=George Sandys= (1577-1643). "Christ's Passion."

=Richard Crashaw= (1615-1650). "Steps to the Altar."

=Henry Vaughan= (1621-1695). "Silex Scintillans"; "The Mount of Olives."

=Abraham Cowley= (1618-1667). "Poetical Blossomes"; "The Mistress."

=Edmund Waller= (1605-1687). See biographical note, page 205.

=Sir John Denham= (1615-1668). "Cooper's Hill."

=Sir William Davenant= (1605-1668). "Gondibert"; "Madagascar and Other
Poems."

=John Milton= (1608-1674). See biographical note, page 195.

=Andrew Marvell= (1621-1678). Lyric and satiric poems.

=Samuel Butler= (1612-1680). "Hudibras."

=Thomas Otway= (1651-1685). "The Poet's Complaint of his Muse"; "Windsor
Castle."

=John Dryden= (1631-1700). See biographical note, page 175.




John Dryden.




ALEXANDER'S FEAST; OR, THE POWER OF MUSIC:

AN ODE IN HONOR OF ST. CECILIA'S DAY.


     'Twas at the royal feast,{1} for Persia won
           By Philip's warlike son:
         Aloft in awful state
         The godlike hero sate
           On his imperial throne:
         His valiant peers were placed around;
     Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound:{2}
         (So should desert in arms be crowned.)
       The lovely Thais,{3} by his side,
       Sate like a blooming Eastern bride
       In flower of youth and beauty's pride.
           Happy, happy, happy pair!
           None but the brave,
           None but the brave,
           None but the brave deserves the fair.

               _Chorus._

               Happy, happy, happy pair!
               None but the brave,
               None but the brave,
               None but the brave deserves the fair.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Six Centuries of English Poetry: Tennyson to Chaucer

Six Centuries of English Poetry: Tennyson to Chaucer

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