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Page 139
Far from the world , that might their quiet break , Here the glad souls the face of beauty kiss , Poured out in pleasure on their beds of bliss ; And drunk with nectar torrents , ever hold Their eyes on Him , whose graces manifold ...
Far from the world , that might their quiet break , Here the glad souls the face of beauty kiss , Poured out in pleasure on their beds of bliss ; And drunk with nectar torrents , ever hold Their eyes on Him , whose graces manifold ...
Page 325
Her face was veiled ; yet to my fancied sight Love , sweetness , goodness , in her person shined So clear as in no face with more delight . But , oh ! as to embrace me she inclined , I waked , she fled ...
Her face was veiled ; yet to my fancied sight Love , sweetness , goodness , in her person shined So clear as in no face with more delight . But , oh ! as to embrace me she inclined , I waked , she fled ...
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... More than the spoil Of shop , or silkworm's toil , Or a bought blush , or a set smile ; A face that's best By its own beauty dressed , And can alone command the rest , A face made up Out of no other shop Than what nature's white ...
... More than the spoil Of shop , or silkworm's toil , Or a bought blush , or a set smile ; A face that's best By its own beauty dressed , And can alone command the rest , A face made up Out of no other shop Than what nature's white ...
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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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