The New Oxford Book of Christian VerseDonald Davie Oxford University Press, 1981 - 319 pages A treasury of some of the most beautiful and moving poems in the English language. In the introduction, the editor examines the vast variety and importance of Christian verse in English and American literature. |
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... copyright 1952 by W. H. Auden ; ' Amor Loci ' copyright © 1966 by W. H. Auden ; and ' Anthem ' , all from W. H. Auden : Collected Poems , edited by Edward Mendelson , copyright 1976 by Edward Mendelson , William Meredith and Monroe K ...
... copyright 1952 by W. H. Auden ; ' Amor Loci ' copyright © 1966 by W. H. Auden ; and ' Anthem ' , all from W. H. Auden : Collected Poems , edited by Edward Mendelson , copyright 1976 by Edward Mendelson , William Meredith and Monroe K ...
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... Copyright 1929 by Martha Dickinson Bianchi , Copyright © 1957 by Mary L. Hampson . By permission of Little , Brown & Company . Hilda Doolittle : From Hermetic Definition . Copyright 1958 by Norman Holmes Pearson . Reprinted by ...
... Copyright 1929 by Martha Dickinson Bianchi , Copyright © 1957 by Mary L. Hampson . By permission of Little , Brown & Company . Hilda Doolittle : From Hermetic Definition . Copyright 1958 by Norman Holmes Pearson . Reprinted by ...
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... Copyright © 1971 by Louise Wheelwright Damon . All rights reserved . Reprinted by permission of New Directions . Charles Williams : From Divorce ( 1920 ) . Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press . While every effort has been ...
... Copyright © 1971 by Louise Wheelwright Damon . All rights reserved . Reprinted by permission of New Directions . Charles Williams : From Divorce ( 1920 ) . Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press . While every effort has been ...
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ANONYMOUS 7TH10TH CENTURY | 1 |
ANONYMOUS 14TH CENTURY | 7 |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER c 13401400 | 14 |
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