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
... rise , or nowe will fall : So flam'd the Godly flesh , proude of his heav'nly thrall . His cheekes as snowie apples , sop't ' in wine , Had their red roses quencht with lillies white , And like to garden strawberries did shine , Wash't ...
... rise , or nowe will fall : So flam'd the Godly flesh , proude of his heav'nly thrall . His cheekes as snowie apples , sop't ' in wine , Had their red roses quencht with lillies white , And like to garden strawberries did shine , Wash't ...
Page 236
... rise when Chanticlere Warnes the last Watch ; but with the Dawne dost rise To work , but first to sacrifice ; Making thy peace with heav'n , for some late fault , With Holy - meale , and spirting - salt . " Which done , thy painfull ...
... rise when Chanticlere Warnes the last Watch ; but with the Dawne dost rise To work , but first to sacrifice ; Making thy peace with heav'n , for some late fault , With Holy - meale , and spirting - salt . " Which done , thy painfull ...
Page 384
... Rising . Each wound of Theirs was Thy new Morning ; And reinthron'd thee in thy Rosy Nest , With blush of thine own ... rise Not from the EAST , but from thine EYES . Chorus It was THY day , Sweet Thyrs . WINTER chidde aloud ; and sent ...
... Rising . Each wound of Theirs was Thy new Morning ; And reinthron'd thee in thy Rosy Nest , With blush of thine own ... rise Not from the EAST , but from thine EYES . Chorus It was THY day , Sweet Thyrs . WINTER chidde aloud ; and sent ...
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