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But , O alas ! so long , so far , Our bodies why do we forbear ? ... 2 On man heaven's influence works not so , But that it first imprints the air ; So soul into the soul may flow , Though it to body first repair .
But , O alas ! so long , so far , Our bodies why do we forbear ? ... 2 On man heaven's influence works not so , But that it first imprints the air ; So soul into the soul may flow , Though it to body first repair .
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But as in cutting up a man that's dead , The body will not last out , to have read On every part , and therefore men direct Their speech to parts that are of most effect ; So the world's carcass would not last , if I Were punctual in ...
But as in cutting up a man that's dead , The body will not last out , to have read On every part , and therefore men direct Their speech to parts that are of most effect ; So the world's carcass would not last , if I Were punctual in ...
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... And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he , with wealth and honor blest , Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life , yet prodigal of ease ?
... And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he , with wealth and honor blest , Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life , yet prodigal of ease ?
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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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