Seventeenth-century English Poetry, Volume 2Miriam Kosh Starkman Knopf, 1967 - Civilization, Modern Volume 1 includes writings by John Donne, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Thomas Traherne, and Richard Crashaw. |
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Page 116
... death ; The Muses garden with Pedantique weedes O'rspred , was purg'd by thee ; The lazie seeds Of servile imitation throwne away ; And fresh invention planted , Thou didst pay The debts of our penurious bankrupt age ; Licentious thefts ...
... death ; The Muses garden with Pedantique weedes O'rspred , was purg'd by thee ; The lazie seeds Of servile imitation throwne away ; And fresh invention planted , Thou didst pay The debts of our penurious bankrupt age ; Licentious thefts ...
Page 153
... Death . Such was the pain , did so begin To the poor wretch , when Legion entred in . Forgive me , God , I cry'd ; for I Flatter'd my self I was to dye . 3 But quickly to my Cost I found , " Twas cruel Love , not Death had made the ...
... Death . Such was the pain , did so begin To the poor wretch , when Legion entred in . Forgive me , God , I cry'd ; for I Flatter'd my self I was to dye . 3 But quickly to my Cost I found , " Twas cruel Love , not Death had made the ...
Page 226
... death of her Faun The wanton Troopers riding by Have shot my Faun and it will dye . Ungentle men ! They cannot thrive To kill thee . Thou neer didst alive Them any harm : alas nor cou'd Thy death yet do them any good . I'me sure I never ...
... death of her Faun The wanton Troopers riding by Have shot my Faun and it will dye . Ungentle men ! They cannot thrive To kill thee . Thou neer didst alive Them any harm : alas nor cou'd Thy death yet do them any good . I'me sure I never ...
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Ben Jonson | 3 |
Her man described by her owne Dictamen | 9 |
Abraham Cowley cont | 16 |
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