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 71
... flame , which with a pride aspires , Throwing about his wild , and active fires . " Tis thou , above Nectar , O Divinest soule ! ( Eternall in thy self ) that canst controule That , which subverts whole nature , grief and care ...
... flame , which with a pride aspires , Throwing about his wild , and active fires . " Tis thou , above Nectar , O Divinest soule ! ( Eternall in thy self ) that canst controule That , which subverts whole nature , grief and care ...
Page 108
... flame , Cannot retaine His heate in spight of absence or disdaine ; But doth at once , like paper set on fire , Burne , and expire ! True love can never change his seat , Nor did he ever love , that could retreat . That noble flame ...
... flame , Cannot retaine His heate in spight of absence or disdaine ; But doth at once , like paper set on fire , Burne , and expire ! True love can never change his seat , Nor did he ever love , that could retreat . That noble flame ...
Page 109
... flame , What bootes it me , though now you shrowde Those fierce Comets in a cloude ? Since all the flames that I have felt , Could your snow yet never melt , Nor , can your snow ( though you should take Alpes into your bosome ) slake ...
... flame , What bootes it me , though now you shrowde Those fierce Comets in a cloude ? Since all the flames that I have felt , Could your snow yet never melt , Nor , can your snow ( though you should take Alpes into your bosome ) slake ...
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Ben Jonson | 3 |
Her man described by her owne Dictamen | 9 |
Abraham Cowley cont | 16 |
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