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 167
... Leave , leave , thy gadding thoughts ; Who Pores and spies Still out of Doores descries Within them nought . 2 The skinne , and shell of things Though faire , are not Thy wish , nor pray'r but got By meer Despair of wings . 3 To rack ...
... Leave , leave , thy gadding thoughts ; Who Pores and spies Still out of Doores descries Within them nought . 2 The skinne , and shell of things Though faire , are not Thy wish , nor pray'r but got By meer Despair of wings . 3 To rack ...
Page 276
... leave their quire And turn love's souldiers , upon THEE To exercise their archerie . O how oft shalt thou complain Of a sweet & subtle PAIN . Of intolerable JOYES ; Of a DEATH , in which who dyes Loves his death , and dyes again . And ...
... leave their quire And turn love's souldiers , upon THEE To exercise their archerie . O how oft shalt thou complain Of a sweet & subtle PAIN . Of intolerable JOYES ; Of a DEATH , in which who dyes Loves his death , and dyes again . And ...
Page 281
... Leave HER alone THE FLAMING HEART . Leave her that ; and thou shalt leave her Not one loose shaft but love's whole quiver . For in love's feild was never found A nobler weapon than a WOUND . Love's passives are his activ'st part . The ...
... Leave HER alone THE FLAMING HEART . Leave her that ; and thou shalt leave her Not one loose shaft but love's whole quiver . For in love's feild was never found A nobler weapon than a WOUND . Love's passives are his activ'st part . The ...
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INTRODUCTION | 3 |
George Herbert cont | 4 |
The goodmorrow | 26 |
Copyright | |
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