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Think not you live because you speak , For graves such hollow sounds can make ; And respiration can't suffice , For vapours do from caverns rise : From thee such noisome stenches come , Thy mouth betrays thy breast a tomb .
Think not you live because you speak , For graves such hollow sounds can make ; And respiration can't suffice , For vapours do from caverns rise : From thee such noisome stenches come , Thy mouth betrays thy breast a tomb .
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... ( 1836–1902 ) PLAIN LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES Which I wish to remark , And my language is plain , That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain , The heathen Chinee is peculiar , Which the same I would rise to explain .
... ( 1836–1902 ) PLAIN LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES Which I wish to remark , And my language is plain , That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain , The heathen Chinee is peculiar , Which the same I would rise to explain .
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The stars " stand fixed in steadfast gaze " and the sun itself hesitates to rise . As the daily routine of the universe is stilled and halted in the presence of the divine event , we look down on the shepherds " simply chatting in a ...
The stars " stand fixed in steadfast gaze " and the sun itself hesitates to rise . As the daily routine of the universe is stilled and halted in the presence of the divine event , we look down on the shepherds " simply chatting in a ...
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
HENRY HOWARD EARL OF SURREY 15161547 | 12 |
Come sleep O sleep the certain knot of peace 15 Stella oft sees the very face of woe | 18 |
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beauty beneath birds breath bright close cloud comes dark dead dear death deep doth dream earth English eyes face fair fall fear feel fields fire flowers give grace grave green hair hand happy hath head hear heard heart Heaven hill hope hour keep kind kings land leaves light live look Lord mind morning Mother move nature never night o'er once pain pass play pleasure poem poet poetry poor rest rise rose round seemed seen sense side sing sleep smile song soon soul sound spirit spring stars strong sweet tears tell thee things thou thought turn verse voice waves wind wings youth
Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems in English, 1530-1940 |
| Author | David Daiches |
| Publisher | Ronald Press Company, 1950 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 23 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 763 pages |
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