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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Page 144
... fall a logge , at last , dry , bold , " and seare : A Lillie of a Day , Is fairer farre , in May , Although it fall , and die that night ; It was the Plant , and flowre of light . In small proportions , we just beauties see : And in ...
... fall a logge , at last , dry , bold , " and seare : A Lillie of a Day , Is fairer farre , in May , Although it fall , and die that night ; It was the Plant , and flowre of light . In small proportions , we just beauties see : And in ...
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... fall himselfe to hell . But me , oh never let me , Spirits , forget That glorious day , when I your standard bore , And scorning in the second place to sit , With you assaulted heaven , his yoke forswore . My dauntlesse heart yet longs ...
... fall himselfe to hell . But me , oh never let me , Spirits , forget That glorious day , when I your standard bore , And scorning in the second place to sit , With you assaulted heaven , his yoke forswore . My dauntlesse heart yet longs ...
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... fall and fall Does day close his eyes ? 130 Still the FOUNTAIN weeps for all . Let night or day doe what they will , Thou hast thy task ; thou weepest still . 141 Does thy song lull the air ? Thy falling teares keep faith full time ...
... fall and fall Does day close his eyes ? 130 Still the FOUNTAIN weeps for all . Let night or day doe what they will , Thou hast thy task ; thou weepest still . 141 Does thy song lull the air ? Thy falling teares keep faith full time ...
Contents
The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE | 13 |
PROSE STYLE | 19 |
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