Poetry of the English Renaissance, 1509-1660 |
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O maker of mankind , that formëd day and night , Whose power imperial comprehendeth every place : Mine heart , my mind , my thought , my whole delight Is after this life to see thy glorious face . Whose magnificence is incomprehensible ...
O maker of mankind , that formëd day and night , Whose power imperial comprehendeth every place : Mine heart , my mind , my thought , my whole delight Is after this life to see thy glorious face . Whose magnificence is incomprehensible ...
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How no age is content with his own estate , and how the age of children is the happiest , if they had skill to understand it Laid in my quiet bed , in study as I were , I saw within my troubled head a heap of thoughts appear , And every ...
How no age is content with his own estate , and how the age of children is the happiest , if they had skill to understand it Laid in my quiet bed , in study as I were , I saw within my troubled head a heap of thoughts appear , And every ...
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Her winged thoughts bore up her mind so high As that she weened she saw the glorious throne . ... And yet she thought those stars moved in such measure To do their sovereign honor and delight , As soothed her mind with sweet enchanting ...
Her winged thoughts bore up her mind so high As that she weened she saw the glorious throne . ... And yet she thought those stars moved in such measure To do their sovereign honor and delight , As soothed her mind with sweet enchanting ...
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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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