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I wish no sea , nor land ; nor would I be Possessed of heaven , heaven unpossessed of Thee . BONAVENT . SOLILOQ . CAP . I Alas ! my God , now I understand ( but blush to confess ) that the beauty of Thy creatures hath deceived mine eyes ...
I wish no sea , nor land ; nor would I be Possessed of heaven , heaven unpossessed of Thee . BONAVENT . SOLILOQ . CAP . I Alas ! my God , now I understand ( but blush to confess ) that the beauty of Thy creatures hath deceived mine eyes ...
Page 294
Ingrateful Beauty Threatened Know , Celia , since thou art so proud , ' Twas I that gave thee thy renown ; Thou hadst in the forgotten crowd Of common beauties lived unknown , Had not my verse exhaled thy name , And with it imped the ...
Ingrateful Beauty Threatened Know , Celia , since thou art so proud , ' Twas I that gave thee thy renown ; Thou hadst in the forgotten crowd Of common beauties lived unknown , Had not my verse exhaled thy name , And with it imped the ...
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... Nor let brittle beauty make You your wiser thoughts forsake ; For that lovely face will fail ; Beauty's sweet , but beauty's frail ; ' Tis sooner past , ' tis sooner done , Than summer's rain , than winter's sun ; Most fleeting when ...
... Nor let brittle beauty make You your wiser thoughts forsake ; For that lovely face will fail ; Beauty's sweet , but beauty's frail ; ' Tis sooner past , ' tis sooner done , Than summer's rain , than winter's sun ; Most fleeting when ...
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Contents
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY IN ENGLAND | 1 |
JOHN DONNE | 21 |
BEN JONSON | 76 |
Copyright | |
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appear arms beauty body bright bring cause century court crown dead death divine Donne doth earth English eternal eyes face fair fall father fear fire flame flowers force friends gave give grace grow hand happy hast hath head heart heaven hope hour keep king land learned leave less light live London look Lord lost Milton mind move nature never night once peace play pleasure poems poetry poets praise rest rise round seems shine sight sing sleep Song soul spirit spring stand stars stay sweet tears tell thee thine things thou thought trees true turn unto verse winds wings write youth
Bibliographic information
| Title | English Poetry of the Seventeenth Century |
| Editor | Roberta Florence Brinkley |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Norton, 1942 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 672 pages |
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