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 104
... fire side ; but in the cooler shade Amyntas now doth with his Cloris sleepe Under a Sycamoure , and all things keepe Time with the season , only shee doth carry June in her eyes , in her heart January . 10 20 A prayer to the Wind Goe ...
... fire side ; but in the cooler shade Amyntas now doth with his Cloris sleepe Under a Sycamoure , and all things keepe Time with the season , only shee doth carry June in her eyes , in her heart January . 10 20 A prayer to the Wind Goe ...
Page 121
... fire may be quencht With fire , and water be with water drencht . Perhaps my restlesse soule , tyr'de with persuit Of mortall beauty , seeking without fruit Contentment there , which hath not , when enjoy'd , Quencht all her thirst ...
... fire may be quencht With fire , and water be with water drencht . Perhaps my restlesse soule , tyr'de with persuit Of mortall beauty , seeking without fruit Contentment there , which hath not , when enjoy'd , Quencht all her thirst ...
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... fire , nor eating flame , But innocent , hot but in name ; A fire that's starv'd when fed , and gone When too much fuel is laid on . But as it plainly doth appear , That fire subsists by being near The moon's bright orb , so I believe ...
... fire , nor eating flame , But innocent , hot but in name ; A fire that's starv'd when fed , and gone When too much fuel is laid on . But as it plainly doth appear , That fire subsists by being near The moon's bright orb , so I believe ...
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Ben Jonson | 3 |
Her man described by her owne Dictamen | 9 |
Abraham Cowley cont | 16 |
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