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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... spirit sees That shady City of Palme trees ; ( From " The Retreate " ) Though Vaughan's biography tells us of the many losses he endured , his poems on death seem to have more than a bio- graphical source ; they are related to his quest ...
... spirit sees That shady City of Palme trees ; ( From " The Retreate " ) Though Vaughan's biography tells us of the many losses he endured , his poems on death seem to have more than a bio- graphical source ; they are related to his quest ...
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... Spirit , by Angels waited on In heaven , doth make his Temple in thy brest , The Father having begot a Sonne most blest , And still begetting , ( for he ne'r begonne ) Hath deign'd to chuse thee by adoption , Coheire to his glory ...
... Spirit , by Angels waited on In heaven , doth make his Temple in thy brest , The Father having begot a Sonne most blest , And still begetting , ( for he ne'r begonne ) Hath deign'd to chuse thee by adoption , Coheire to his glory ...
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... was the Substance of My Mind . The Sence it self was I. I felt no Dross nor Matter in my Soul , No Brims nor Borders , such as in a Bowl 10 20 We see , My Essence was Capacitie . That felt My Spirit ( 205 ) The Rapture My Spirit.
... was the Substance of My Mind . The Sence it self was I. I felt no Dross nor Matter in my Soul , No Brims nor Borders , such as in a Bowl 10 20 We see , My Essence was Capacitie . That felt My Spirit ( 205 ) The Rapture My Spirit.
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
George Herbert cont | 4 |
The goodmorrow | 26 |
Copyright | |
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