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Of these the most interesting are the love lyrics and the divine poems . Observing his own complex psychology in love and religion , Donne gives in these poems an accurate and realistic portrayal of a variety of moods .
Of these the most interesting are the love lyrics and the divine poems . Observing his own complex psychology in love and religion , Donne gives in these poems an accurate and realistic portrayal of a variety of moods .
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Hast thou courageous fire to thaw the ice Of frozen North discoveries ? and thrice Colder than salamanders , like divine Children in the oven , fires of Spain and the line , Whose countries limbecs to our bodies be , Canst thou for gain ...
Hast thou courageous fire to thaw the ice Of frozen North discoveries ? and thrice Colder than salamanders , like divine Children in the oven , fires of Spain and the line , Whose countries limbecs to our bodies be , Canst thou for gain ...
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160 At last divine Cecilia came , Inventress of the vocal frame : The sweet enthusiast , from her sacred store , Enlarged the former narrow bounds , And added length to solemn sounds , With nature's mother - wit , and arts unknown ...
160 At last divine Cecilia came , Inventress of the vocal frame : The sweet enthusiast , from her sacred store , Enlarged the former narrow bounds , And added length to solemn sounds , With nature's mother - wit , and arts unknown ...
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Contents
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY IN ENGLAND | 1 |
JOHN DONNE | 21 |
BEN JONSON | 76 |
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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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