Poetry of the English Renaissance, 1509-1660 |
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... Death slew not him , but he made death his ladder to the skies . Now sink of sorrow I who live - the more the wrong ! 20 Who wishing death , whom death denies , whose thread is all too long ; Who tied to wretched life , who looks for no ...
... Death slew not him , but he made death his ladder to the skies . Now sink of sorrow I who live - the more the wrong ! 20 Who wishing death , whom death denies , whose thread is all too long ; Who tied to wretched life , who looks for no ...
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... Death calls ye to the crowd of common men . Devouring famine , plague , and war , Each able to undo mankind , 10 Death's servile emissaries are ; Nor to these alone confined , He hath at will More quaint and subtle ways to kill ; A ...
... Death calls ye to the crowd of common men . Devouring famine , plague , and war , Each able to undo mankind , 10 Death's servile emissaries are ; Nor to these alone confined , He hath at will More quaint and subtle ways to kill ; A ...
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... 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 , his limbs unbound , As dead , forget all toil to come , or past ; Only ...
... 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 , his limbs unbound , As dead , forget all toil to come , or past ; Only ...
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JOHN SKELTON | 3 |
HENRY HOWARD Earl of SURREY | 27 |
MINOR COURTLY MAKERS OF HENRY VIIIS REIGN | 41 |
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