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Ah , beauty ! siren ! fair enchanting good ! Sweet silent rhetoric of persuading eyes ! Dumb eloquence , whose power doth move the blood . More than the words or wisdom of the wise ! Still harmony , whose diapason lies Within a brow ...
Ah , beauty ! siren ! fair enchanting good ! Sweet silent rhetoric of persuading eyes ! Dumb eloquence , whose power doth move the blood . More than the words or wisdom of the wise ! Still harmony , whose diapason lies Within a brow ...
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For what is beauty if it be not seen ? Or what is ' t to be seen if not admired , And though admired , unless in love desired ? Never were cheeks of roses , locks of amber , Ordained to live imprisoned in a chamber .
For what is beauty if it be not seen ? Or what is ' t to be seen if not admired , And though admired , unless in love desired ? Never were cheeks of roses , locks of amber , Ordained to live imprisoned in a chamber .
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... 539 BEAUMONT , SIR JOHN , 547 Beauties , have ye seen this toy , 517 Beauty arise , show forth thy glorious shining , 391 Beauty is a lovely sweet , 433 Beauty no more the subject be , 405 Beauty sat bathing by a spring , 203 Beauty ...
... 539 BEAUMONT , SIR JOHN , 547 Beauties , have ye seen this toy , 517 Beauty arise , show forth thy glorious shining , 391 Beauty is a lovely sweet , 433 Beauty no more the subject be , 405 Beauty sat bathing by a spring , 203 Beauty ...
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Contents
JOHN SKELTON | 3 |
HENRY HOWARD EARL OF SURREY | 27 |
MINOR COURTLY MAKERS OF HENRY VIIIS REIGN | 41 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Poetry of the English Renaissance, 1509-1660 |
| Editors | John William Hebel, Hoyt Hopewell Hudson |
| Publisher | F.S. Crofts & Company, 1936 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 9 Jan 2020 |
| Length | 1068 pages |
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