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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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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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