The Oxford Book of Satirical VerseGeoffrey Grigson Oxford University Press, 1980 - 454 Seiten A witty, entertaining anthology contains more than two hundred wickedly enjoyable little-known verse selections from such masters of satire as Dryden, Swift, Donne, Byron, Pope, Auden, and Cummings. |
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... curse , man ! Desperate millions long to dine A - la - Burke , and worse , man ! What will then remain to eat ? Who be eaten then , man ? ' Few may part , though many meet , ' At Famine's Feast , ye ken , man . from The Splendid Village ...
... curse , man ! Desperate millions long to dine A - la - Burke , and worse , man ! What will then remain to eat ? Who be eaten then , man ? ' Few may part , though many meet , ' At Famine's Feast , ye ken , man . from The Splendid Village ...
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... curse Clung upon Peter night and day ; Month after month the thing grew worse , And deadlier than in this my verse I ... cursed- Dull - beyond all conception - dull . No one could read his books — no mortal , But a few natural friends ...
... curse Clung upon Peter night and day ; Month after month the thing grew worse , And deadlier than in this my verse I ... cursed- Dull - beyond all conception - dull . No one could read his books — no mortal , But a few natural friends ...
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... cursed her , left her starving , year by year , Flung her from him , parted from her , wrung her neck , and boxed her ear ... curse , abuse her ; so declares our law renowned ; And if after this you lose her - why you're paid two hundred ...
... cursed her , left her starving , year by year , Flung her from him , parted from her , wrung her neck , and boxed her ear ... curse , abuse her ; so declares our law renowned ; And if after this you lose her - why you're paid two hundred ...
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ANONYMOUS | 1 |
WILLIAM DUNBAR ?1465?1530 | 10 |
BEN JONSON 15721637 | 18 |
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A. E. Housman A. P. Watt beast bless boys church Cockwood Court cried curse D. H. Lawrence D. J. ENRIGHT damned dare dear Devil Discobolus doth drink dull dulness E. E. Cummings English Ev'n ev'ry eyes Ezra Pound fair fame fate fear fools G. K. Chesterton glory grace hand hate hath head heart heaven Hell honour John King lady land live look Lord mind Muse ne'er never night o'er pain Phyllis McGinley play Poems poet poor Pope pow'r praise pride Prince reign Reprinted by permission rhyme rich Roy Campbell saint Satire scorn Scot sense Shadwell Shadwell's sing smile soul Stevie Smith sure talk tell thee there's things thou thought true truth turn twas verse vice virtue whore wife wise wretched write