The Oxford Library of English Poetry, Volume 1John Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 443 pages |
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... body But that his wildness , mortified in him , Seem'd to die too ; yea , at that very moment , Consideration like an angel came , And whipp'd the offending Adam out of him , Leaving his body as a paradise , To envelop and contain ...
... body But that his wildness , mortified in him , Seem'd to die too ; yea , at that very moment , Consideration like an angel came , And whipp'd the offending Adam out of him , Leaving his body as a paradise , To envelop and contain ...
Page 321
... body strong ! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom ? Vast , unwieldy , burdensome , Proudly secure , yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties ; not made to rule , But to subserve where wisdom bears command . God , when ...
... body strong ! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom ? Vast , unwieldy , burdensome , Proudly secure , yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties ; not made to rule , But to subserve where wisdom bears command . God , when ...
Page 384
... Body Soul O WHO shall , from this dungeon , raise A soul enslav'd so many ways ? With bolts of bones , that fettered stands In feet ; and manacled in hands . Here blinded with an eye ; and there Deaf with the drumming of an ear . A soul ...
... Body Soul O WHO shall , from this dungeon , raise A soul enslav'd so many ways ? With bolts of bones , that fettered stands In feet ; and manacled in hands . Here blinded with an eye ; and there Deaf with the drumming of an ear . A soul ...
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EDMUND SPENSER 15521599 | 1 |
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
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Alan a Dale angel arms ASTROPHEL AND STELLA beauty behold blessed blood breast breath bright Cæsar crown dark dead dear death deep delight doth dreadful earth eccho ring English poetry eyes face fair fear fire flames flowers fools gentle glory gold grace Greensleeves grief hand happy hast hath haue head hear heart heav'n hell Himen honour king kiss Lady light limbeck lips live look lord loue love's Lycidas mind Momus nature neuer never night Nymphes o'er pain peace pity pleasure poison'd praise rage rest Robin Hood sigh sight sing Sir Patrick Spens sleep song sorrow soul speak spirits stand stay stood sweet Sycorax tears tell thee thence thine things thou art thou hast thought thyself unto Vpon W. H. Auden weep wind wings youth