A Book of Verse by Thomas Love Peacock
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A Book of Verse by Thomas Love Peacock

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A Book of Verse by Thomas Love Peacock

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This vintage book contains a wonderful collection of beautiful poetry by English poet and novelist Thomas Love Peacock The poems include: "The Satirists and Fantastics", "The Legend of Saint Laura", "The Monks of St. Mark", "Ballad Terzetto", "The Morning of Love", "The Sundial", "The Magic Bark", "The Round Table", "Beyond the Sea", "Duet", "A Glee", "A Fragment", "Love and Age", "Newark Abbey", "Sir Hornbook", "There is a Fever of the Spirit", and many more. Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 – 23 January 1866) was an English poet, novelist, and important figure in the East India Company. A good friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley, they both had a significant influence on each other's work. Peacock was most famous for writing satirical novels, which usually involved characters sat around a table discussing contemporary philosophical ideas. This collection is not to be missed by lovers of English poetry and those who have read and enjoyed other works by this author. Other notable works by this author include: "Headlong Hall" (1815), "Gryll Grange" (1861), and "Melincourt" (1817). Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with intoductory essays by Sir Walter Raleigh and Virginia Woolf.

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Publisher
Read Books Ltd.
ISBN
9781528785464
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
European Poetry
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Thomas Love Peacock
  2. The Satirists and Fantastics
  3. The Legend of Saint Laura
  4. The Monks of St. Mark
  5. Glee---The Ghosts
  6. Ballad Terzetto
  7. The Flower of Love
  8. Terzetto
  9. The Morning of Love
  10. The Sundial
  11. Quintetto
  12. The Magic Bark
  13. THE ROUND TABLE
  14. Palmyra
  15. Palmyra
  16. Beyond the Sea
  17. A Bill for the Better Promotion of Oppression on the Sabbath Day
  18. Castles in the Air
  19. Duet
  20. A Fragment
  21. A Glee
  22. I Dug, Beneath a Cypress Shade
  23. Instead of Sitting Wrapped up in Flannel
  24. Life's Uncertain Day
  25. Lines on the Death of Julia
  26. Love and Age
  27. Margaret Love Peacock
  28. Newark Abbey
  29. Rich & Poor; or Saint & Sinner
  30. There is a Fever of the Spirit
  31. SIR HORNBOOK