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 49
... brought by death of a Lucies , who scarce seaven houres herself unmaskes , The Sunne is spent , and now his flasks Send forth light squibs , no constant rayes ; The worlds whole sap is sunke : The generall balme th'hydroptique earth ...
... brought by death of a Lucies , who scarce seaven houres herself unmaskes , The Sunne is spent , and now his flasks Send forth light squibs , no constant rayes ; The worlds whole sap is sunke : The generall balme th'hydroptique earth ...
Page 52
... brought a heart into the roome , But from the roome , I carried none with mee : If it had gone to thee , I know Mine would have taught thine heart to show More pitty unto mee : but Love , alas , At one first blow did shiver it as glasse ...
... brought a heart into the roome , But from the roome , I carried none with mee : If it had gone to thee , I know Mine would have taught thine heart to show More pitty unto mee : but Love , alas , At one first blow did shiver it as glasse ...
Page 126
... art . I got me flowers to straw thy way ; I got me boughs off many a tree : But thou wast up by break of day , And brought'st thy sweets along with thee . 20 20 The Sunne arising in the East , Though he give ( 126 ) GEORGE HERBERT Easter.
... art . I got me flowers to straw thy way ; I got me boughs off many a tree : But thou wast up by break of day , And brought'st thy sweets along with thee . 20 20 The Sunne arising in the East , Though he give ( 126 ) GEORGE HERBERT Easter.
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
George Herbert cont | 4 |
The goodmorrow | 26 |
Copyright | |
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Angels Baroque beauty blood bloud body breath Brest bright Christian mysticism Church Crashaw dayes dead deare death devotional poetry Donne's doth earth eternity evry eyes face fair fall feare fire flame George Herbert give glorious glory gone grace grief grow hath heart heaven Henry Vaughan Holy Sonnets hymns Immortall John Donne joyes King know'st let mee light live Lord lov'd lovers lyes meditation metaphysical poetry minde musically tuned musick mysticism night poet poetic poore poyson praise Prince Richard Crashaw runne secular shee shine sigh sight sing sinne sleepe song sorrow soule spheare spirit spring starres Sunne sweet teares Temple thee theme thine things thinke Thomas Traherne thou art thou dost thou hast thou shalt thought thy selfe Traherne true truth no beautie twixt unto Valediction verse vertue weep wilt thou