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 196
... preparing himself to the combate The ground his bed , and his moist pillowe grasse . But fruit thear none did growe , nor rivers none did passe . ' dipt sits ' the moon At length an aged Syre farre off he sawe Come 196 GILES FLETCHER.
... preparing himself to the combate The ground his bed , and his moist pillowe grasse . But fruit thear none did growe , nor rivers none did passe . ' dipt sits ' the moon At length an aged Syre farre off he sawe Come 196 GILES FLETCHER.
Page 247
... passe The Shewers of Roses , lucky - foure - leav'd grasse : The while the cloud of younglings sing , And drown yee with a flowrie Spring : While some repeat Your praise , and bless you , sprinkling you with Wheat : While that others ...
... passe The Shewers of Roses , lucky - foure - leav'd grasse : The while the cloud of younglings sing , And drown yee with a flowrie Spring : While some repeat Your praise , and bless you , sprinkling you with Wheat : While that others ...
Page 474
... passe by , But strait I think ( though far , ) Thy hand is nigh ; Come , come ! Strike these lips dumb : This restles breath That soiles thy name , Will ne'r be tame Untill in death . Perhaps some think a tombe No house of store , But a ...
... passe by , But strait I think ( though far , ) Thy hand is nigh ; Come , come ! Strike these lips dumb : This restles breath That soiles thy name , Will ne'r be tame Untill in death . Perhaps some think a tombe No house of store , But a ...
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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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