Seventeenth-century Verse and Prose: Wishes : to his (supposed) mistresseMacmillan, 1951 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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... 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 ...
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... death in his owne hands , lest any Man should bribe death . If man knew the gaine of death , the ease of death , he would solicite , he would 50 provoke death to assist him , by any hand , 187 185 " Roccha " ( Donne's note ) , Angiolo ...
... death in his owne hands , lest any Man should bribe death . If man knew the gaine of death , the ease of death , he would solicite , he would 50 provoke death to assist him , by any hand , 187 185 " Roccha " ( Donne's note ) , Angiolo ...
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... DEATH . To prove the word , Wee'l now appeal to none of all Those thy old Souldiers , Great and tall , Ripe Men of Martyrdom , that could reach down With strong armes , their triumphant crown ; " Such as could with lusty breath Speak ...
... DEATH . To prove the word , Wee'l now appeal to none of all Those thy old Souldiers , Great and tall , Ripe Men of Martyrdom , that could reach down With strong armes , their triumphant crown ; " Such as could with lusty breath Speak ...
Contents
The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE | 13 |
PROSE STYLE | 19 |
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