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" Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell, And poppy, or charms can make us sleep as well, And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then? One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And death... "
Sacred Poetry of the Seventeenth Century: Including the Whole of Giles ... - Page 59
by Richard Cattermole - 1836
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The works of John Donne. With a memoir by H. Alford, Volume 6

John Donne - 1839 - 588 pages
...their bones, and souls delivery ; Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell. And poppy, or...And death shall be no more, death thou shalt die. XIV. SPIT in my face you Jews, and pierce my side, Buffet, and scoff, scourge, and crucify me, For...
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The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 6

John Donne - Sermons - 1839 - 598 pages
...their bones, and souls delivery ; Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell. And poppy, or...And death shall be no more, death thou shalt die. XIV. SPIT in my face you Jews, and pierce my side, Buffet, and scoff, scourge, and crucify me, For...
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The Works of John Donne, D.D., Dean of St. Paul's, 1621-1631: With ..., Volume 6

John Donne, Henry Alford - English poetry - 1839 - 582 pages
...their bones, aud souls delivery ; Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell. And poppy, or...And death shall be no more, death thou shalt die. XIV. SPIT in my face you Jews, and pierce my side, Buffet, and scoff, scourge, and crucify me, For...
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Sermons. Letters. Poems

John Donne, Henry Alford - Sermons - 1839 - 604 pages
...their bones, and souls delivery ; Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell. And poppy, or...And better, than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then ? j One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And death shall be no more, death thou shalt die. ** XIV....
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Lives of the English Sacred Poets, Volume 1

Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1839 - 388 pages
...their bones, and souls' delivery. Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness, dwell ; And poppy,...us sleep as well, And better than thy stroke ; why swell's! thou then ? Our short sleep past, we wake eternally, And Death shall be no more — Death...
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Selections from the works of John Donne

John Donne - 1840 - 528 pages
...their bones, and souls delivery ; Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell. And poppy, or...us sleep as well, And better, than thy stroke; why swelPst thou then? One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And death shall be no more, death thou...
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The Buccaneer: A Tale

Mrs. S. C. Hall - Buccaneers - 1840 - 458 pages
...thou art not so ; For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor Death . Why swell's! thou, then ? One short sleep past, we wake eternally'; And Death shall be no more; — Death! thou shall die. DE. DONNE. WHEN Sir Robert Cecil returned to his wife's chamber, all within was silent as...
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Gems of sacred poetry [ed. by R. Cattermole?].

Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...their bones, and soul's delivery. Thou'rt slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell, And poppy or...us sleep as well, And better, than thy stroke ; why swellest thou then ? One short sleep past, we wake eternally ; And death shall be no more ; Death !...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 3

Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...their bones, and soul's delivery. Thou'rt slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell, And poppy or...us sleep as well, And better than thy stroke. Why swell 'st thou then ? One short sleep past, we wake eternally ; And Death shall be no more : Death,...
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Select Poetry: Chiefly Sacred, of the Reign of King James the First

Edward Farr - English poetry - 1847 - 412 pages
...us sleepe as well, And better than thy stroake. Why swell' st thou then ? Our short sleepe past, wee wake eternally, And Death shall be no more : Death, thou shalt die. A HYMNE TO GOD THE FATHER. WILT thou forgive that sinne where I begunne, Which was my sinne, though...
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