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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... devotional poetry . Devo- tional poetry has a wide spectrum of usage , from the most dis- cursive and didactic on the one hand to the most lyrical and ecstatic on the other . We cannot easily come to terms with Donne's " The Crosse " or ...
... devotional poetry . Devo- tional poetry has a wide spectrum of usage , from the most dis- cursive and didactic on the one hand to the most lyrical and ecstatic on the other . We cannot easily come to terms with Donne's " The Crosse " or ...
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... devotional poetry , vague intima- tions of John Bunyan . Lacking the blood and bone familiarity with the devotional tradition that is the natural property of the devotional poet in orders , he leans on Herbert , as he leans on the Bible ...
... devotional poetry , vague intima- tions of John Bunyan . Lacking the blood and bone familiarity with the devotional tradition that is the natural property of the devotional poet in orders , he leans on Herbert , as he leans on the Bible ...
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... devotional line ( the devotional poets other than Donne wrote no really significant secular po- etry ) is , however , more vulnerable ; though its other - worldly rel- evance is clear enough , its humanistic significance is , occasion ...
... devotional line ( the devotional poets other than Donne wrote no really significant secular po- etry ) is , however , more vulnerable ; though its other - worldly rel- evance is clear enough , its humanistic significance is , occasion ...
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