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In Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field

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Sir Walter Scott

Marmion is an epic poem in six cantos, written in emulation of the ancient Scottish minstrel style which was of such great interest to Scott…

Remarkable Sayings of Philip Ottonieri, Chapters I-III

In Essays and Dialogues

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Giacomo Leopardi

"We would no more choose to feed the minds of our countrymen and women with the despairing utterances of the pessimist poet, than we wo…

Introduction by Author, 1831

In The Lay of the Last Minstrel

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Sir Walter Scott

An aging minstrel seeks who hospitality at Newark Castle and in recompense tells a tale of a sixteenth-century Border feud. In the poem, Lad…

Heroic Stanzas on the Death of Oliver Cromwell

In The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1

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John Dryden

The first of two volumes of collected poetry by this revered and highly influential English restoration poet and playwright. The poems, many…

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