Seventeenth-century English Poetry, Volume 1Miriam Kosh Starkman Volume 1 includes writings by John Donne, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Thomas Traherne, and Richard Crashaw. |
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Page 90
... heaven , and plead it by his Faith , And though he may pretend a conquest , since Heaven was content to suffer violence , Yea though hee plead a long possession too , ( For they're in heaven on earth who heavens workes do ) Though hee ...
... heaven , and plead it by his Faith , And though he may pretend a conquest , since Heaven was content to suffer violence , Yea though hee plead a long possession too , ( For they're in heaven on earth who heavens workes do ) Though hee ...
Page 97
... Heaven is gone , Who made this world in some proportion A heaven , and here , became unto us all , Joy , ( as our joyes admit ) essentiall . But could this low world joyes essentiall touch , Heavens accidentall joyes would passe them ...
... Heaven is gone , Who made this world in some proportion A heaven , and here , became unto us all , Joy , ( as our joyes admit ) essentiall . But could this low world joyes essentiall touch , Heavens accidentall joyes would passe them ...
Page 98
... heaven is gone , Where shee receives , and gives addition . Here in a place , where mis - devotion frames A thousand Prayers to Saints , whose very names The ancient Church knew not , Heaven knows not yet : And where , what lawes of ...
... heaven is gone , Where shee receives , and gives addition . Here in a place , where mis - devotion frames A thousand Prayers to Saints , whose very names The ancient Church knew not , Heaven knows not yet : And where , what lawes of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
George Herbert cont | 4 |
The goodmorrow | 26 |
Copyright | |
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Aire Angels appear beauty better blood body booke breath bright bring Church dead deare death devotional Divine Donne dost doth earth epigrams eyes face fair fall feare finde fire give glory gone grace grief grow hand hast hath head heart heaven Herbert Holy hope houre hymns John keepe King leave lesse light lines live looke Lord lovers metaphysical minde move nature never night once passe peace pleasures poems poet poetry poore Press pure rest rise selfe sense shee shine sigh sight sinne sleepe song soule spirit spring stand starres stay strange Sunne sweet teares tell thee thine things thinke thou art thought true University unto Vaughan verse whole wilt