{"id":6490,"date":"2019-11-21T22:18:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T22:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=6490"},"modified":"2025-03-26T09:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T09:54:57","slug":"the-oxford-book-of-english-verse-part-3-by-arthur-quiller-couch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-oxford-book-of-english-verse-part-3-by-arthur-quiller-couch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oxford Book of English Verse, Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Oxford Book of English Verse, Part 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n

by Arthur Quiller-Couch<\/p>\n

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Description:  The Oxford Book of English Verse in its entirety is a choice collection of over 800 poems spanning the period from 1250-1900, selected and edited by the eminent British literary figure, Arthur Quiller-Couch. This third part roughly covers the period from 1650 to 1800 and as such guides the reader through the poetic work of one of the more tumultuous eras in English history. John Milton with 18 poems included opens the volume and Robert Burns with 14 selections closes it. In between we have 67 other poets represented. Richard Crashaw (7), Richard Lovelace (5), Andrew Marvell (6), and John Dryden (5), along with John Milton, are the poets most prominently featured from the seventeenth century, while Matthew Prior (5) and William Blake (12) join Robert Burns as those representing the eighteenth century to the greatest extent. Quiller-Couch gathered most of the Ballads (26) into the middle of the seventeenth century, where, he says, “they fill a languid interval between two winds of inspiration-the Italian dying down with Milton and the French following at the heels of the restored Royalists.”Having set his heart on choosing the best, the compiler consulted existing anthologies, but only after making his own choice. As he says, “The best is the best, though a hundred judges have declared it so.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ages: <\/strong>12-18<\/em>Length: <\/strong>251 pages<\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Paperback<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/strong> None<\/span><\/em>Year published:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>ISBN:<\/strong>  <\/span><\/span><\/span>978-1-63334-040-4<\/em>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Literature, Poetry<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Hymn on the Morning of Christ’s Nativity2. On Time3. At a Solemn Musick4. L’Allegro5. Il Penseroso6. From Arcades<\/em>7. From Comus:<\/em> First Selection8. From Comus:<\/em> Second Selection9. From Comus:<\/em> Third Selection10. From Comus:<\/em> Fourth Selection11. Lycidas12. To the Lady Margaret Ley13. On His Blindness14. To Mr. Lawrence15. To Cyriack Skinner16. On His Deceased Wife17. Light18. From Samson Agonistes:<\/em> First Selection19. From Samson Agonistes:<\/em> Second Selection20. A Doubt of Martyrdom21. The Constant Lover22. Why So Pale and Wan?23. When, Dearest, I But Think of Thee24. A Rose25. To Chloe26. Falsehood27. On the Queen’s Return from the Low Countries28. On a Virtuous Young Gentlewoman That Died Suddenly29. I’ll Never Love Thee More30. Coronemus Nos Rosis Antequam Marcescant31. Wishes to His Supposed Mistress32. The Weeper33. A Hymn to the Name and Honour of Saint Teresa34. Upon the Book and Picture of Saint Teresa35. Verses from the Shepherds’ Hymn36. Christ Crucified37. An Epitaph Upon Husband and Wife38. To Lucasta, Going to the Wars39. To Lucasta, Going Beyond the Seas40. Gratiana Dancing41. To Amarantha, That She Would Dishevel Her Hair42. The Grasshopper43. To Althea, From Prison44. Anacreontics I: Drinking45. Anacreontics II: The Epicure46. Anacreontics III: The Swallow47. On the Death of Mr. William Hervey48. The Wish49. The Resolve50. An Horatian Ode51. A Garden52. To His Coy Mistress53. The Picture of Little T. C.54. Thoughts in a Garden55. Bermudas56. An Epitaph57. The Retreat58. Peace59. The Timber60. Friends Departed61. The Shepherd Boy Sings62. Thomas the Rhymer63. Sir Patrick Spens64. The Lass of Lochroyan65. The Dowie Houms of Yarrow66. Clerk Saunders67. Fair Annie68. Edward, Edward69. Edom o’ Gordon70. The Queen’s Marie71. Binnorie72. The Bonnie House o’ Airlie73. The Wife of Usher’s Well74. The Three Ravens<\/em><\/p>\n

75. The Twa Corbies76. A Lyke-Wake Dirge77. The Seven Virgins78. Two Rivers79. Cradle Song80. The Call81. The Bonny Earl of Murray82. Helen of Kirconnell83. Waly, Waly84. Barbara Allen’s Cruelty85. Pipe and Can86. Love Will Find Out the Way87. Phillada Flouts Me88. Chloris in the Snow89. The Relapse90. Chloe Divine91. To Coelia92. To One Persuading a Lady to Marriage93. Ode94. A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day, 168795. Ah, How Sweet It Is to Love!96. Hidden Flame97. Song to a Fair Young Lady, Going Out of the Town98. Against Indifference99. Song100. To a Lady Asking Him How Long He Would Love Her<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

101. News<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

102. The Sad Day103. Song104. To Chloris105. To Celia106. Song107. The Libertine108. Return109. Love and Life110. Constancy111. To His Mistress112. The Reconcilement113. On One Who Died Discovering Her Kindness114. The Enchantment115. A Quiet Soul116. Song117. The Question to Lisetta118. To a Child of Quality119. Song120. On My Birthday, July 21121. The Lady Who Offers Her Looking-Glass to Venus122. A Letter123. For My Own Monument124. Rivals125. Werena My Heart’s Licht I Wad Dee126. False Though She Be127. A Hue and Cry After Fair Amoret128. Hymn129. The Day of Judgement130. A Cradle Hymn131. Song132. Peggy133. On a Fly Drinking Out of His Cup134. Song135. On a Certain Lady at Court136. Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady137. The Dying Christian to his Soul138. Shorten Sail139. Sally in our Alley140. A Drinking Song141. The Rosebud142. Belinda’s Recovery from Sickness143. On the Death of a Particular Friend144. Tell Me, My Heart, If This Be Love145. One-and-Twenty146. On the Death of Mr. Robert Levet147. Absence<\/em><\/p>\n

148. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard<\/em><\/p>\n

149. The Curse Upon Edward<\/em><\/p>\n

150. The Progress of Poesy<\/em><\/p>\n

151. On a Favourite Cat, Drowned<\/em><\/p>\n

152. Ode to Simplicity<\/em><\/p>\n

153. How Sleep the Brave<\/em><\/p>\n

154. Ode to Evening<\/em><\/p>\n

155. Fidele<\/em><\/p>\n

156. Amoret<\/em><\/p>\n

157. The Complaint<\/em><\/p>\n

158. The Nightingale<\/em><\/p>\n

159. To Leven Water<\/em><\/p>\n

160. Song to David<\/em><\/p>\n

161. A Lament for Flodden<\/em><\/p>\n

162. Woman<\/em><\/p>\n

163. Memory<\/em><\/p>\n

164. If Doughty Deeds<\/em><\/p>\n

165. To Mary Unwin<\/em><\/p>\n

166. My Mary<\/em><\/p>\n

167. An Epitaph<\/em><\/p>\n

168. Ca’ the Yowes to the Knowes<\/em><\/p>\n

169. Life<\/em><\/p>\n

170. Prayer for Indifference<\/em><\/p>\n

171. To the Cuckoo<\/em><\/p>\n

172. Auld Robin Gray<\/em><\/p>\n

173. Epigram<\/em><\/p>\n

174. Song from Aella<\/em><\/p>\n

175. Meeting<\/em><\/p>\n

176. Late Wisdom<\/em><\/p>\n

177. A Marriage Ring<\/em><\/p>\n

178. To the Muses<\/em><\/p>\n

179. To Spring<\/em><\/p>\n

180. Song<\/em><\/p>\n

181. Reeds of Innocence<\/em><\/p>\n

182. The Little Black Boy<\/em><\/p>\n

183. Hear the Voice<\/em><\/p>\n

184. The Tiger<\/em><\/p>\n

185. Cradle Song<\/em><\/p>\n

186. Night<\/em><\/p>\n

187. Love’s Secret<\/em><\/p>\n

188. Mary Morison<\/em><\/p>\n

189. Jean<\/em><\/p>\n

190. Auld Lang Syne<\/em><\/p>\n

191. My Bonnie Mary<\/em><\/p>\n

192. John Anderson, My Jo<\/em><\/p>\n

193. The Banks o’ Doon<\/em><\/p>\n

194. Ae Fond Kiss<\/em><\/p>\n

195. Bonnie Lesley<\/em><\/p>\n

196. Highland Mary<\/em><\/p>\n

197. O Were My Love Yon Lilac Fair<\/em><\/p>\n

198. A Red, Red Rose<\/em><\/p>\n

199. Lament for Culloden<\/em><\/p>\n

200. The Farewell<\/em><\/p>\n

201. Hark! The Mavis<\/em><\/p>\n

An Inside View…<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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