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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... sing not , must be sad ? Did'st thou ever that Bird heare Sing well ; that sings all the yeare ? Tom the Piper doth not play Till he weares his Pipe away : There's a time to slacke the string , And a time to leave to sing . 70 PHILARETE ...
... sing not , must be sad ? Did'st thou ever that Bird heare Sing well ; that sings all the yeare ? Tom the Piper doth not play Till he weares his Pipe away : There's a time to slacke the string , And a time to leave to sing . 70 PHILARETE ...
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... sing of Brooks , of Blossomes , Birds , and Bowers : Of April , May , of June , and July - Flowers . I sing of May - poles , Hock - carts , Wassails , Wakes , Of Bride - grooms , Brides , and of their Bridall - cakes . I write of ...
... sing of Brooks , of Blossomes , Birds , and Bowers : Of April , May , of June , and July - Flowers . I sing of May - poles , Hock - carts , Wassails , Wakes , Of Bride - grooms , Brides , and of their Bridall - cakes . I write of ...
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... sing , and all my powers Out - sing the day - light houres . Then we will chide the sunne for letting night Take up his place and right : We sing one common Lord ; wherefore he should Himself the candle hold . I will go searching , till ...
... sing , and all my powers Out - sing the day - light houres . Then we will chide the sunne for letting night Take up his place and right : We sing one common Lord ; wherefore he should Himself the candle hold . I will go searching , till ...
Contents
The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
THE POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND | 13 |
A Selected List of Books on the Background and the Literature of the First | 29 |
Copyright | |
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