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The Minstrelsy of Britain; Or, a Glance at Our Lyrical Poetry and Poets from the Reign of Queen Elizabeth to the Present Time, Including a Dissertation on the Genius and Lyrics of Burns

The Minstrelsy of Britain; Or, a Glance at Our Lyrical Poetry and Poets from the Reign of Queen Elizabeth to the Present Time, Including a Dissertation on the Genius and Lyrics of Burns


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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. The reigns of William III, Queen Anne, and George 1st?Pope, Gay, Gray, Collins, Allan Earn- say, and Lady Anne Barnard. The period comprising the reigns of William III, Queen Anne, and George I. has been termed the Augustan era of English literature. This period was distinguished for the wits and poets that then shed so bright a lustre on the republic of letters. At the head of these poets stood Alexander Pope, whose biting satire and didactic verse display the vigour of his poetic genius. Like Swift, however, his contemporary, he possessed neither the Doric simplicity nor the magnificent imagination necessary for the composition of the true lyric. The only one in the circle of wits and poets at that time pre-eminently gifted as a lyrical writer, and in any way calculated to excel as one, was Gay, Of manners gentle, of affections mild, In wit a man, simplicity a child. This poet was the first that attempted to improve the then prevalent taste for mock affectation in Love pastorals. He wrote a large number of songs; but the whole of them have sunk into oblivion, except the lively effusion of Cease your Funning, the pathetic ballad of Black-eyed Susan, and a few more pieces possessing similar poetic merit, and which still retain their position as admirable English ballads. both as regards the words and the music. BLACK-EYED SUSAN. All in the Downs the fleet was moor'd, The streamers waving in the wind, When black -eyed Susan came on board, 0 where shall I my true love find ? Tell me, ye jovial sailors, tell me true, If my sweet William sails among your crew 't William, who high upon the yard, Rock'd by the billows to and fro, Soon as the well-known voice he heard, He sighed and cast his eyes below. The cord flew swiftl...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217763844
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 28
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217763847
  • Publisher Date: 15 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 68 gr


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