ELIZABETHAN SONNET CYCLES IBD

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ELIZABETHAN SONNET CYCLES Five Major Elizabethan Sonnet Sequences by Samuel Daniel, Michael Drayton, Sir Philip Sidney, William Shakespeare and Edmund Spenser. A collection of five major sonnet sequences from the Elizabethan era by some of the great poets of the period: Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, Michael Drayton, Samuel Daniel and William Shakespeare. Each sonnet cycle is love poetry, and some of the finest verse in the English language: Sidney?s ?Astrophel and Stella?, Daniel?s ?Delia?, Drayton?s ?Idea?, Spenser?s ?Amoretti?, and Shakespeare?s ?Sonnets?. This edition prints each poem cycle on its own, without notes or editorial intrusions. And each poem has a page to itself, rather than being crammed together. It?s a useful edition for students. MICHAEL DRAYTON, SONNET 4, FROM ?IDEA?: BRIGHT STAR of beauty, on whose eyelids sit | A thousand nymph-like and enamoured graces, | The goddesses of memory and wit, | Which there in order take their several places, | In whose dear bosom, sweet delicious love | Lays down his quiver which he once did bear, | Since he that blessed paradise did prove, | And leaves his mother?s lap to sport him there | Let others strive to entertain with words | My soul is of a braver mettle made, | I hold that vile which vulgar wit affords, | In me?s that faith which time cannot invade. | Let what I praise be still made good by you, | Be you most worthy whilst I am most true! Includes the illustrations of the poets, and notes on further reading. The book is now in a hardback edition. British Poets Series. Bibliography & illustrations. 536 pages. ISBN 9781861714473 www.crmoon.com