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By John Clare. Come we to the summer, to the summer we will come, For the woods are full of bluebells and the hedges full of bloom, And the crow is on the oak a-building of her nest, And love is burning diamonds in my true lover's breast; She sits beneath the whitethorn a-plaiting of her hair,
Ode to a Nightingale. By John Keats. Share. My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains. My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains. One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness,—.
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John Milton was born in London to a middle-class family. His father, also called John Milton, was disowned by his father, a devout Roman Catholic, for converting to Protestantism (Labriola). Milton Sr. then moved to London, and became a wealthy musician who was able to provide a private tutor for his young son: Thomas Young, a Scottish Presbyterian...
During England’s Civil War, Milton became an advocate for the Commonwealth along with Oliver Cromwell but with the Restoration, Milton found himself imprisoned, fined and threatened. It was at this time that Milton was becoming steadily blind and completely lost his sight by 1651 (“To the Same”). Milton moved to the country and lived the rest of hi...
John Milton established his career as a writer of prose and poetry throughout the span of three distinct eras: Stuart England; the Civil War (1642-1648) and Interregnum, including the Commonwealth (1649-1653) and Protectorate (1654-1660); and the Restoration. His nonfiction championed for “a freedom of conscience and a high degree of civil liberty ...
Jan 10, 2019 · John Clare (1793-1864) has been called the greatest nature poet in the English language (by, for instance, his biographer Jonathan Bate), and yet his life – particularly his madness and time inside an asylum later in his life – tends to overshadow his poetry. So here we’ve picked ten of John Clare’s best poems which offer an ...
How The Women Went From Dover. THE tossing spray of Cocheco's fall. Hardened to ice on its rocky wall, As through Dover town in the chill, gray dawn, Three women passed, at the cart-tail drawn! Bared to the waist, for the north wind's grip. And keener sting of the constable's whip,
Oct 2, 2003 · From Ocean's bosom, white and thin, The mists come slowly rolling in; Hills, woods, the river's rocky rim, Amidst the sea—like vapor swim, While yonder lonely coast-light, set Within its wave-washed minaret, Half quenched, a beamless star and pale, Shines dimly through its cloudy veil!
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Mar 27, 2017 · Looking for classic poems based on a woodland theme? In this post we’ve selected ten of the best poems about trees and forests, written by some of the most famous poets in all of English literature.
