Ballads and Poems Illustrating English History

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Originally published in 1907, this book presents a selection of poems and ballads related to various events in English history. The selection was created for schoolchildren and is ordered chronologically in accordance with the subject matter of each work. A short editorial introduction and textual notes are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in English poetry, historical literature and the history of education.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-12-19
Mått:127 x 203 x 13 mm
Vikt:240 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:220
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107632325

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Innehållsförteckning

AD 61 'Boadicea' W. Cowper; 1020 'King Canute' W. M. Thackeray; 1120 'He never smiled again' Mrs Hemans; 1120 'King John and the Abbot of Canterbury' Trad. ballad; 1265 'Lament for Simon de Montfort' Tr. by G. Ellis; 1265 'Robin Hood and the three squires' Trad. ballad; 'Bold Robin' T. L. Peacock; 1346 'Durham field' Trad. ballad; 1388 'Chevy Chase' Trad. ballad; 1411 'The battle of Harlaw' Trad. ballad; 1415 'The Agincourt song' Contemporary poem; 1415 'King Henry V's conquest of France' Trad. ballad; 1415 'Agincourt' M. Drayton; 1480 'The rose of England' Trad. ballad; 1511 'Sir Andrew Barton' Trad. ballad; 1513 'Flodden Field' Trad. ballad; 1513 'Edinburgh after Flodden' W. E. Aytoun; 1530 'Dick o' the cow' Trad. ballad; 1568 'Earl Bothwell' Trad. ballad; 1569 'The rising in the North' Trad. ballad; 1584 'Mary Ambree' Trad. ballad; 1586 'Brave Lord Willoughby' Anon.; 1588 'The Armada' Lord Macaulay; 1588 'The defeat of the Spanish Armada' Anon.; 1595 'The fame of Sir Francis Drake' Anon.; 1605 'Captain Ward and the Rainbow' Trad. ballad; 1643 'When the king enjoys his own again' M. Parker; 1644 'Sir Nicholas at Marston Moor' W. M. Praed; 1645 'The Battle of Naseby' Lord Macaulay; 1648 'On the Lord General Fairfax' John Milton; 1650 'Cromwell's return from Ireland' A. Marvell; 1652 'To Cromwell' John Milton; 1666 'The fire of London' John Dryden; 1688 'The song of the western man' R. S. Hawker; 1689 'The burial march of Dundee' W. E. Aytoun; 1702 'Admiral Benbow' Anon.; 1704 'After Blenheim' R. Southey; 1720 'The vicar of Bray' Anon.; 1773 'The Boston tea-party' O. W. Holmes; 1782 'The loss of the Royal George' W. Cowper; 1801 The battle of the Baltic' T. Campbell; 1805 The happy warrior' W. Wordsworth; 1807 'Ye mariners of England' T. Campbell; 1809 'The burial of Sir John Moore' Charles Wolfe; 1815 'Waterloo' Lord Byron; 1815 'England's dead' Mrs Hemans; 1837 'Victoria's tears' Mrs Browning; 1852 'Ode on the death of the Duke of Wellington' Lord Tennyson; 1854 'The charge of the Light Brigade' Lord Tennyson; Notes.