Poetry of the English Renaissance, 1509-1660 |
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For on your will my fancy shall attend ; My life , my death , I put both in your choice ; And rather had this life by you to end , Than live by other always to rejoice . And if your cruelty do thirst my blood , Then let it forth , if it ...
For on your will my fancy shall attend ; My life , my death , I put both in your choice ; And rather had this life by you to end , Than live by other always to rejoice . And if your cruelty do thirst my blood , Then let it forth , if it ...
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FROM JAMES SHIRLEY'S Cupid and Death , 1653 Victorious men of earth , no more Proclaim how wide your empires are ; Though you bind in every shore , And your triumphs reach as far As night or day , Yet you , proud monarchs , must obey ...
FROM JAMES SHIRLEY'S Cupid and Death , 1653 Victorious men of earth , no more Proclaim how wide your empires are ; Though you bind in every shore , And your triumphs reach as far As night or day , Yet you , proud monarchs , must obey ...
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Why then at death do weary mortals weep ? Sleep's but a shorter death , death's but a longer sleep . And now the world , and dreams themselves , were drowned In deadly sleep ; the laborer snorteth fast , His brawny arms unbent ...
Why then at death do weary mortals weep ? Sleep's but a shorter death , death's but a longer sleep . And now the world , and dreams themselves , were drowned In deadly sleep ; the laborer snorteth fast , His brawny arms unbent ...
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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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| 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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