Seventeenth-century Verse and ProseMacmillan, 1959 |
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... stand upon the shore , and to see ships tost upon the Sea : A pleasure to stand in the window of a Castle , and to see a Battaile , and the Adventures thereof , the Lies sake . But I cannot tell : This same 20 below : But no pleasure is ...
... stand upon the shore , and to see ships tost upon the Sea : A pleasure to stand in the window of a Castle , and to see a Battaile , and the Adventures thereof , the Lies sake . But I cannot tell : This same 20 below : But no pleasure is ...
Page 144
... Stand . the lengete ✓ For , what is life , if measur'd by the space , Jonsen's Not by the act ? hovectint Or masked man , if valu'd by his face , Above his fact ? " b Here's one out - liv'd his Peeres , C And told forth fourescore ...
... Stand . the lengete ✓ For , what is life , if measur'd by the space , Jonsen's Not by the act ? hovectint Or masked man , if valu'd by his face , Above his fact ? " b Here's one out - liv'd his Peeres , C And told forth fourescore ...
Page 376
... stand Impenetrable , both to prai'rs and Teares , The walls inexorable steele , no hand Of Time , or Teeth of hungry Ruine feares . Their ugly ornaments are the bloody staines , Of ragged limbs , torne sculls , and dasht out Braines ...
... stand Impenetrable , both to prai'rs and Teares , The walls inexorable steele , no hand Of Time , or Teeth of hungry Ruine feares . Their ugly ornaments are the bloody staines , Of ragged limbs , torne sculls , and dasht out Braines ...
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The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
Lancelot Andrewes | 33 |
John Donne | 71 |
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