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 193
... Fair - cruel maid , most cruel , fairer ever , How hath foul rigour stol'n into thy heart ? And on a comick stage hath learnt thee art To play a Tyrant - tragical deceiver ? To promise mercy , but perform it never ? To look more sweet ...
... Fair - cruel maid , most cruel , fairer ever , How hath foul rigour stol'n into thy heart ? And on a comick stage hath learnt thee art To play a Tyrant - tragical deceiver ? To promise mercy , but perform it never ? To look more sweet ...
Page 387
... fair , and Freindly Foes , Each other kissing and confuting ! While rain and sunshine , Cheekes and Eyes Close in kind contrarietyes . But can these fair Flouds be Freinds with the bosom fires that fill thee Can so great flames agree ...
... fair , and Freindly Foes , Each other kissing and confuting ! While rain and sunshine , Cheekes and Eyes Close in kind contrarietyes . But can these fair Flouds be Freinds with the bosom fires that fill thee Can so great flames agree ...
Page 492
... Fair , order'd lights ( whose motion without noise , 478 Fair , that you may truly know , 351 Faire Daffadills , we weep to see , 250 Faire pledges of a fruitfull Tree , 252 Faire Virtue , The Mistresse of Phil'arete . Sonnet 4 , 209 ...
... Fair , order'd lights ( whose motion without noise , 478 Fair , that you may truly know , 351 Faire Daffadills , we weep to see , 250 Faire pledges of a fruitfull Tree , 252 Faire Virtue , The Mistresse of Phil'arete . Sonnet 4 , 209 ...
Contents
The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE | 13 |
PROSE STYLE | 19 |
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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 |
| Length | 498 pages |
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