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 212
... sweet Babie sleep . Thou blessed Soul , what canst thou fear ? What thing , to thee , can mischief do ? Thy GOD , is now thy Father dear ; His holy Spouse , thy Mother too . Sweet Babie then , forbear to weep ; Be still my Babe ; sweet ...
... sweet Babie sleep . Thou blessed Soul , what canst thou fear ? What thing , to thee , can mischief do ? Thy GOD , is now thy Father dear ; His holy Spouse , thy Mother too . Sweet Babie then , forbear to weep ; Be still my Babe ; sweet ...
Page 257
... Sweet Spirit comfort me ! When the passing - bell doth tole , And the Furies in a shole Come to fright a parting soule ; Sweet Spirit comfort me ! When the tapers now burne blew , And the comforters are few , And that number more then ...
... Sweet Spirit comfort me ! When the passing - bell doth tole , And the Furies in a shole Come to fright a parting soule ; Sweet Spirit comfort me ! When the tapers now burne blew , And the comforters are few , And that number more then ...
Page 269
... Sweet rose , whose hue angrie " and brave " Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye : Thy root is ever in its grave , And thou must die . 10 Sweet spring , full of sweet dayes and roses , A box where sweets compacted lie ; My musick shows ye ...
... Sweet rose , whose hue angrie " and brave " Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye : Thy root is ever in its grave , And thou must die . 10 Sweet spring , full of sweet dayes and roses , A box where sweets compacted lie ; My musick shows ye ...
Contents
The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE | 13 |
PROSE STYLE | 19 |
Copyright | |
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alwayes beauty beleeve Bemerton Ben Jonson body brest bright Christ Chub Church creatures dayes dead death delight divine Donne doth drest earth English Envy eyes F. R. Leavis fair faith fancy farre fear fire fish flames flowers give glory Gondibert grace grone hand hath heart heaven Henry Vaughan Herbert Hobbes holy honour hope John Donne Jonson judgement King learned light live look Lord metaphysical poets mind Muse Musick Nature ne'r never night noble Philosophy Pisc pleasure poems poetry Poets praise Puritans reason Religio Medici Religion Schollers selfe sense shalt shee shew shine sing sleep Song soul spirit spring starres Sunne sweet teares tell Text thee Theophrastus thine things thou art thought tion Trout truth unto verse vertue weep wind wings wise
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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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