Seventeenth-century Verse and Prose, Volume 1Macmillan, 1951 - 498 pages Volume One: Poets included are Lancelot Andrewes, Francis Bacon, John Donne, Ben Jonson, Robert Burton, Phineas Fletcher, Giles Fletcher, George Wither, Thomas Hobbes, Robert Herrick, George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Thomas Carew, Sir Thomas Browne, Sir William Davenant, Edmund Waller, Sir John Suckling, Abraham Cowley, Andrew Marvell, and Henry Vaughan. |
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Page 74
... Death be not proud , though some have called thee Mighty and dreadfull , for , thou art not soe , For , those , whom thou think'st , thou dost overthrow , Die not , poore death , nor yet canst thou kill mee ; From rest and sleepe ...
... Death be not proud , though some have called thee Mighty and dreadfull , for , thou art not soe , For , those , whom thou think'st , thou dost overthrow , Die not , poore death , nor yet canst thou kill mee ; From rest and sleepe ...
Page 340
... Deaths with equal lustre , nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature . 225 Life is a pure flame , and we live by an invisible Sun within us . A small fire suf- ficeth for life , great flames seemed too little after ...
... Deaths with equal lustre , nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature . 225 Life is a pure flame , and we live by an invisible Sun within us . A small fire suf- ficeth for life , great flames seemed too little after ...
Page 425
... Death of Mr. William Hervey Immodicis brevis est ætas , & rara Senectus . Mart . " It was a dismal , and a fearful night , Scarce could the Morn drive on th'unwilling Light , When Sleep , Deaths Image , left my troubled brest , By ...
... Death of Mr. William Hervey Immodicis brevis est ætas , & rara Senectus . Mart . " It was a dismal , and a fearful night , Scarce could the Morn drive on th'unwilling Light , When Sleep , Deaths Image , left my troubled brest , By ...
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| Title | Seventeenth-century Verse and Prose, Volume 1 Seventeenth-century Verse and Prose, Helen Constance White |
| Author | Helen Constance White |
| Editor | Helen Constance White |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1951 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 498 pages |
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