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Dayes , that need borrow , No part of their good Morrow , From a fore “ spent night of sorrow . I wish , her store Of worth , may leave her poore Of wishes ; And I wish No more . Dayes , that in spight Of Darkenesse , by the Light Of a ...
Dayes , that need borrow , No part of their good Morrow , From a fore “ spent night of sorrow . I wish , her store Of worth , may leave her poore Of wishes ; And I wish No more . Dayes , that in spight Of Darkenesse , by the Light Of a ...
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... But these all night With quick , or dead Like Candles , shed It never ends . Their beams , and light Us into Bed . Stars are of mighty use : The night Is dark , and long ; They are ( indeed , ) our Pillar - fires The Rode foul ...
... But these all night With quick , or dead Like Candles , shed It never ends . Their beams , and light Us into Bed . Stars are of mighty use : The night Is dark , and long ; They are ( indeed , ) our Pillar - fires The Rode foul ...
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Dear night ! this worlds defeat ; The stop to busie fools ; cares check and curb ; The day of Spirits ; my souls calm retreat Which none disturb ! Christs progress , and his prayer time ; The hours to which high Heaven doth chime .
Dear night ! this worlds defeat ; The stop to busie fools ; cares check and curb ; The day of Spirits ; my souls calm retreat Which none disturb ! Christs progress , and his prayer time ; The hours to which high Heaven doth chime .
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The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
A Selected List of Books on the Background and the Literature of the First | 29 |
John Donne | 71 |
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| Title | Seventeenth-century Verse and Prose |
| Author | Helen Constance White |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1959 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 2 Mar 2018 |
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