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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... earth , God seem'd to like 340 That she should sport her selfe sometimes , and play , To mingle , and vary colours every day : 350 And then , as though shee could not make inow , Himselfe his various Rainbow did allow , Sight is the ...
... earth , God seem'd to like 340 That she should sport her selfe sometimes , and play , To mingle , and vary colours every day : 350 And then , as though shee could not make inow , Himselfe his various Rainbow did allow , Sight is the ...
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... Earth sweats for heaven , but hell keeps holy - day . Shall we repent good soules ? or shall we plaine ? Shall we ... earth to fight ? 290 Your armes , allies , your selves as strong as ever , Your foes , their weapons , numbers weaker ...
... Earth sweats for heaven , but hell keeps holy - day . Shall we repent good soules ? or shall we plaine ? Shall we ... earth to fight ? 290 Your armes , allies , your selves as strong as ever , Your foes , their weapons , numbers weaker ...
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... earth , and GOD in MAN . Great little one ! whose all - embracing birth Lifts earth to heaven , stoopes heav'n to earth . WELLCOME . Though nor to gold nor silk . To more then Caesar's " birthright is ; Two sister - seas of Virgin ...
... earth , and GOD in MAN . Great little one ! whose all - embracing birth Lifts earth to heaven , stoopes heav'n to earth . WELLCOME . Though nor to gold nor silk . To more then Caesar's " birthright is ; Two sister - seas of Virgin ...
Contents
The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE | 13 |
PROSE STYLE | 19 |
Copyright | |
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