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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... tell him , and then he will be as able to tell me ; yet then we shall be but able to tell one another , This , this that we enjoy is heaven , but the tongues of Angels , the tongues of glorified Saints , shall not be able to ex- presse ...
... tell him , and then he will be as able to tell me ; yet then we shall be but able to tell one another , This , this that we enjoy is heaven , but the tongues of Angels , the tongues of glorified Saints , shall not be able to ex- presse ...
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... Tell me ; and the fault Ile expiate with Sulphur , Haire , and Salt : And with the Christal humour of the spring , Purge hence the guilt , and kill this quarrelling . Wo't thou not smile , or tell me what's amisse ? Have I been cold to ...
... Tell me ; and the fault Ile expiate with Sulphur , Haire , and Salt : And with the Christal humour of the spring , Purge hence the guilt , and kill this quarrelling . Wo't thou not smile , or tell me what's amisse ? Have I been cold to ...
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... tell . Straight into shapeless air " unseen he fell . BOOK IIIG Awake , awake my Lyre , And tell thy silent Masters humble tale , In sounds that may prevail ; Sounds that gentle thoughts inspire , Though so Exalted she And I so Lowly be , ...
... tell . Straight into shapeless air " unseen he fell . BOOK IIIG Awake , awake my Lyre , And tell thy silent Masters humble tale , In sounds that may prevail ; Sounds that gentle thoughts inspire , Though so Exalted she And I so Lowly be , ...
Contents
The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE | 13 |
PROSE STYLE | 19 |
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