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... of dark truths so teach As sense might judge what fancy could not reach , Must be desired forever . So the fire That fills with spirit and heat the Delphic quire , 1 Which , kindled first by thy Promethean 2 breath , Glowed ...
... of dark truths so teach As sense might judge what fancy could not reach , Must be desired forever . So the fire That fills with spirit and heat the Delphic quire , 1 Which , kindled first by thy Promethean 2 breath , Glowed ...
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... shall be sent A life so loved ; and that there be Fit executioners for thee , The fairest and first - born sons of fire , Blest seraphim , shall leave their quire , And turn Love's soldiers , upon thee To exercise their archery .
... shall be sent A life so loved ; and that there be Fit executioners for thee , The fairest and first - born sons of fire , Blest seraphim , shall leave their quire , And turn Love's soldiers , upon thee To exercise their archery .
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Each heavenly word by whose hid flame Our hard hearts shall strike fire , the same Shall flourish on thy brows , and be Both fire to us and flame to thee , Whose light shall live bright in thy face By glory , in our hearts by grace .
Each heavenly word by whose hid flame Our hard hearts shall strike fire , the same Shall flourish on thy brows , and be Both fire to us and flame to thee , Whose light shall live bright in thy face By glory , in our hearts by grace .
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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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