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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... Thou hast no lantherne , whereof tales are told ; Or stayre , or courts ; but stand'st an ancient pile , And these grudg'd at , art reverenc'd the while . Thou joy'st in better markes , of soyle , of ayre , Of wood , of water : therein thou ...
... Thou hast no lantherne , whereof tales are told ; Or stayre , or courts ; but stand'st an ancient pile , And these grudg'd at , art reverenc'd the while . Thou joy'st in better markes , of soyle , of ayre , Of wood , of water : therein thou ...
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... thou seem'st to me , Large Euclids strickt Epitome ; And in each Diagram , dost Fling Thee from the point unto the Ring . A Figure now Triangulare , An Oval now , and now a Square ; And then a Serpentine dost crawl Now a straight Line ...
... thou seem'st to me , Large Euclids strickt Epitome ; And in each Diagram , dost Fling Thee from the point unto the Ring . A Figure now Triangulare , An Oval now , and now a Square ; And then a Serpentine dost crawl Now a straight Line ...
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... Thou scatterest thy Silver Train ; And when the Trees grow nak'd and old , Thou cloathest them with Cloth of Gold , Which from thy Bowels thou dost spin , And draw from the rich Mines within . Now hast thou chang'd thee Saint ; and made ...
... Thou scatterest thy Silver Train ; And when the Trees grow nak'd and old , Thou cloathest them with Cloth of Gold , Which from thy Bowels thou dost spin , And draw from the rich Mines within . Now hast thou chang'd thee Saint ; and made ...
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Ben Jonson | 3 |
Her man described by her owne Dictamen | 9 |
Abraham Cowley cont | 16 |
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