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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... thou waste , Thou art the best of mee . Let not thy divining heart Forethinke me any ill , Destiny may take thy part , And may thy feares fulfill ; But thinke that wee Are but turn'd aside to sleepe ; They who one another keepe Alive ...
... thou waste , Thou art the best of mee . Let not thy divining heart Forethinke me any ill , Destiny may take thy part , And may thy feares fulfill ; But thinke that wee Are but turn'd aside to sleepe ; They who one another keepe Alive ...
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... thou know'st , that thou art so ) By what way thou art made immortall , know . Thou art too narrow , wretch , to comprehend Even thy selfe : yea though thou wouldst but bend To know thy body . Have not all soules thought For many ages ...
... thou know'st , that thou art so ) By what way thou art made immortall , know . Thou art too narrow , wretch , to comprehend Even thy selfe : yea though thou wouldst but bend To know thy body . Have not all soules thought For many ages ...
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... Thy praise too much ? thou art heav'ns Lidger here , Working against the states of death and hell . Thou art joyes handsell : heav'n lies flat in thee , Subject to ev'ry mounters bended knee . II Oh that I knew how all thy lights ...
... Thy praise too much ? thou art heav'ns Lidger here , Working against the states of death and hell . Thou art joyes handsell : heav'n lies flat in thee , Subject to ev'ry mounters bended knee . II Oh that I knew how all thy lights ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
George Herbert cont | 4 |
The goodmorrow | 26 |
Copyright | |
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