Selected PoemsTaylor & Francis, 2003 - 95 страници While part of the association of wits that included Pope and Swift, John Gay (1685-1732) developed an original idiom in which he presented an insistently social world. His voice and the voice of his age sound clearly in this collection of his poetry. |
Съдържание
Introduction | 7 |
Chronology of Life and Works | 18 |
The Proeme | 25 |
Wednesday or The Dumps | 33 |
41 150 | 41 |
The Birth of the Squire | 63 |
The Elephant and the Bookseller | 73 |
The Two Monkeys | 79 |
The Vultur the Sparrow and other Birds | 88 |
Notes | 94 |
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Често срещани думи и фрази
adown Aeneid Alexander Pope Ambrose Philips apes Barnstaple Beggar's Opera Blouzelind Bowzybeus Breast Burthen aid Buxoma Cheek Cloddipole Clown Coaches Court Crouds Cuddy Dame Doris Dunciad e'er Eclogues ev'ry Eyes Fable fair feast flame flies Fyfield Gay's gen'ral Georgic Hand hard so true hath Heav'n honour hound human imitation John Gay Labour laugh literary Lobbin Clout Love Maid Melanthe Laura miry moral Muse ne'er never Night nymph o'er parody pastoral Philips plain poem poetry poets Pope Pope's Pow'r produced and published Proeme Rain rais'd reply'd Saloninus Samuel Johnson satire says Scriblerian Scriblerus Club se defendendo Shepherd's Week Shoes Show'rs sing Sire Skies smoaks Song South Sea Bubble Sparabella Squire stolen love strait Street Swain Sylvia taste thee Theocritus thou thro Tis hard Toil Tongue tread Trivia true a Damsel vent'rous Virgil virtue Walkers Winds Wine words ye Lasses Youth