A Book of Poetry from Spenser to Bridges [Paperback]

This 1928 anthology was created to provide readers aged fourteen upwards with a representation of English poetry from Spenser onwards.Originally published in 1928, this anthology was created to provide readers aged fourteen upwards with a representation of English poetry from Spenser onwards. Selections were made with a view towards stimulating the interest of the young reader and encouraging an emotional and intellectual involvement in poetry.Originally published in 1928, this anthology was created to provide readers aged fourteen upwards with a representation of English poetry from Spenser onwards. Selections were made with a view towards stimulating the interest of the young reader and encouraging an emotional and intellectual involvement in poetry.Originally published in 1928, this anthology was created to provide readers aged fourteen upwards with a representation of English poetry from Spenser onwards. Selections were made with a view towards stimulating the interest of the young reader and encouraging an emotional and intellectual involvement in poetry. The material is ordered chronologically with the exception of two sections at the end of the text, which are devoted to sonnets and poems about death. This book will remain of value to anyone with an interest in English poetry and poetry anthologies.Prothalamion Edmund Spenser; God's ministering angles Edmund Spenser; The bower of bliss Edmund Spenser; Helen Christopher Marlowe; The passionate shepherd to his love Christopher Marlowe; The nymph's reply Sir Walter Raleigh; His pilgrimage Sir Walter Raleigh; Lines before death Sir Walter Raleigh; The inconstant nymph William Shakespeare; Men's inconstancy William Shakespeare; A lover's song William Shakespeare; A lover's lament William Shakespeare; England William Shakespeare; Mercy William Shakespeare; The end of the play William Shakespeare; Age and youth Anon; Tears Anon; Sister, awake! Anon; Preparations Anon; The man of life upright Thomas Campion; The happl£x