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 338
... hope to live within two Methusela's of Hector . 204 And therefore restlesse inquietude for the diuturnity of our memories unto pres- 206 To be read by bare Inscriptions like many in Gruter , to hope for Eternity by Enigmaticall ...
... hope to live within two Methusela's of Hector . 204 And therefore restlesse inquietude for the diuturnity of our memories unto pres- 206 To be read by bare Inscriptions like many in Gruter , to hope for Eternity by Enigmaticall ...
Page 392
... Hope's chast stealth harmes no more joye's maidenhead Then spousall rites prejudge the marriage bed . Fair hope ! our earlyer heav'n by thee Young time is taster to eternity Thy generous wine with age growes strong , not sowre . Nor ...
... Hope's chast stealth harmes no more joye's maidenhead Then spousall rites prejudge the marriage bed . Fair hope ! our earlyer heav'n by thee Young time is taster to eternity Thy generous wine with age growes strong , not sowre . Nor ...
Page 437
... Hope is the most Hopeless thing of all . Hope , thou bold Taster of Delight , Who whilst thou shouldst but tast , devour'st it quite ! Thou bringst us an Estate , yet leav'st us Poor , By clogging it with Legacies before ! The Joys ...
... Hope is the most Hopeless thing of all . Hope , thou bold Taster of Delight , Who whilst thou shouldst but tast , devour'st it quite ! Thou bringst us an Estate , yet leav'st us Poor , By clogging it with Legacies before ! The Joys ...
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appear beauty better body bright bring cause Church common dead death desire divine doth earth English eyes face fair faith fall fear fire fish give glory grace grow hand hast hath head heart Heaven Herbert hope Italy keep kind King knowledge learned leave less light live look Lord Master mean mind move nature never night once passe persons pleasure poems poetry Poets poor present reason rest rise seems selfe sense sing sleep Song soul speak spirit spring stand sure sweet teares tell Text thee thine things thou thought tion true truth turn unto verse vertue whole wind wings wise
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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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