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 113
... praise thy Name : That , if I chance to hold my peace , These stones to praise thee may not cease . Oh let thy blessed SACRIFICE be mine , And sanctifie this ALTAR to be thine . Superliminare : The inscription on the lintel implied here ...
... praise thy Name : That , if I chance to hold my peace , These stones to praise thee may not cease . Oh let thy blessed SACRIFICE be mine , And sanctifie this ALTAR to be thine . Superliminare : The inscription on the lintel implied here ...
Page 157
... praise , Of praise deserved , unto thee I give , I give to thee , who knowest all my wayes , My crooked winding wayes , wherein I live , Wherein I die ; not live : for life is straight , Straight as a line , and ever tends to thee , To ...
... praise , Of praise deserved , unto thee I give , I give to thee , who knowest all my wayes , My crooked winding wayes , wherein I live , Wherein I die ; not live : for life is straight , Straight as a line , and ever tends to thee , To ...
Page 196
... praise , Praise soil'd with tears , and tears again Shining with joy , like dewy days , This day I bring for all thy pain , Thy causless pain ! and sad as death ; Which sadness breeds in the most vain , ( O not in vain ! ) now beg thy ...
... praise , Praise soil'd with tears , and tears again Shining with joy , like dewy days , This day I bring for all thy pain , Thy causless pain ! and sad as death ; Which sadness breeds in the most vain , ( O not in vain ! ) now beg thy ...
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