Seventeenth-century Verse and ProseMacmillan, 1959 |
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... fire may be quencht With fire , and water be with water drencht ; Perhaps my restlesse soule , tyr'de with persuit Of mortall beauty , seeking without fruit Contentment there , which hath not , when enjoy'd , Quencht all her thirst ...
... fire may be quencht With fire , and water be with water drencht ; Perhaps my restlesse soule , tyr'de with persuit Of mortall beauty , seeking without fruit Contentment there , which hath not , when enjoy'd , Quencht all her thirst ...
Page 363
... fire , " Which hath as yet so secret been That it as that was never seen : Fixed Planets . Element of fire . No Kitching1 fire , nor eating flame , But innocent , hot but in name ; A fire that's starv'd when fed , and gone When too much ...
... fire , " Which hath as yet so secret been That it as that was never seen : Fixed Planets . Element of fire . No Kitching1 fire , nor eating flame , But innocent , hot but in name ; A fire that's starv'd when fed , and gone When too much ...
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... Fire . Alas , thou think'st thy self secure , Because thy form is Innocent and Pure : Like Hypocrites , which seem unspotted here ; But when they sadly come to dye , And the last Fire their Truth must try , Scrauld o're like thee , and ...
... Fire . Alas , thou think'st thy self secure , Because thy form is Innocent and Pure : Like Hypocrites , which seem unspotted here ; But when they sadly come to dye , And the last Fire their Truth must try , Scrauld o're like thee , and ...
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The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
Lancelot Andrewes | 33 |
John Donne | 71 |
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