A Little Ark Containing Sundry Pieces of Seventeenth-Century Verse (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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A Java of 17th-Century Verse in One Compact Volume This little ark collects sundry pieces of seventeenth‑century verse, offering a window into the wit, mourning, and theatrical life of its era.

This edition presents a sampler of elegies, epitaphs, and verses tied to iconic figures and stage life, from reflections on Nell Gwyn and Aphra Behn to dramatic tributes to actors and theaters. Its notes place the pieces in historical context, highlighting how poets used rhyme and satire to memorialize public figures and to comment on court, city, and stage life.

• Short, accessible lyric pieces and longer elegies from the late 1600s.


• Dense glimpses of Restoration-era theater, celebrity, and literary culture.


• Contextual notes that illuminate the sources and cross‑references of the era.


• Rare excerpts that mix wit, sentiment, and moral reflection in verse.

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