The Oxford Library of English Poetry, Volume 1John Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 443 pages |
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John Wain. Only a sweet and virtuous soul , Like season'd timber , never gives ; But though the whole world turn to coal , Then chiefly lives . Love ( III ) LOVE bade me welcome : yet my soul drew back , Guilty of dust and sin . But ...
John Wain. Only a sweet and virtuous soul , Like season'd timber , never gives ; But though the whole world turn to coal , Then chiefly lives . Love ( III ) LOVE bade me welcome : yet my soul drew back , Guilty of dust and sin . But ...
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... soul ? We have lost in him arts that not yet are found . His mirth was the pure spirits of various wit , Yet never did his God or friends forget ; And when deep talk and wisdom came in view , Retired , and gave to them their due . For ...
... soul ? We have lost in him arts that not yet are found . His mirth was the pure spirits of various wit , Yet never did his God or friends forget ; And when deep talk and wisdom came in view , Retired , and gave to them their due . For ...
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... Soul and 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 and 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 ...
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EDMUND SPENSER 15521599 | 1 |
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
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