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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... fair she seems to be . Tell her that's young , And shuns to have her graces spied , That hadst thou sprung In deserts , where no men abide , Thou must have uncommended died . Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired ; Bid her ...
... fair she seems to be . Tell her that's young , And shuns to have her graces spied , That hadst thou sprung In deserts , where no men abide , Thou must have uncommended died . Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired ; Bid her ...
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... fair Aspect tames The Wilder flow'rs , and gives them names : But only with the Roses playes ; And them does tell What Colour best becomes them , and what Smell . II Who can foretel for what high cause This Darling of the Gods was born ...
... fair Aspect tames The Wilder flow'rs , and gives them names : But only with the Roses playes ; And them does tell What Colour best becomes them , and what Smell . II Who can foretel for what high cause This Darling of the Gods was born ...
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... Fair ! that you may truly know , 127 Faire Daffadills , we weep to see , 88 Faire pledges of a fruitfull Tree , 89 Fames pillar here , at last , we set , 95 Farewell , thou child of my right hand , and joy , 27 Farewell thou Thing ...
... Fair ! that you may truly know , 127 Faire Daffadills , we weep to see , 88 Faire pledges of a fruitfull Tree , 89 Fames pillar here , at last , we set , 95 Farewell , thou child of my right hand , and joy , 27 Farewell thou Thing ...
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Ben Jonson | 3 |
Her man described by her owne Dictamen | 9 |
Abraham Cowley cont | 16 |
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