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Page 273
The Flower How fresh , O Lord , how sweet and clean Are Thy returns ! Even as the flowers in spring , To which , besides their own demean , The late - past frosts tributes of pleasure bring . Grief melts away Like snow in May , As if ...
The Flower How fresh , O Lord , how sweet and clean Are Thy returns ! Even as the flowers in spring , To which , besides their own demean , The late - past frosts tributes of pleasure bring . Grief melts away Like snow in May , As if ...
Page 512
The Picture of Little T. C. in a Prospect of Flowers See with what simplicity This nymph begins her golden days ! In the green grass she loves to lie , And there with her fair aspect tames The wilder flowers , and gives them names ...
The Picture of Little T. C. in a Prospect of Flowers See with what simplicity This nymph begins her golden days ! In the green grass she loves to lie , And there with her fair aspect tames The wilder flowers , and gives them names ...
Page 533
To His divine appointments ever cleave , And no new business breaks their peace ; The birds nor sow nor reap , yet sup and dine ; The flowers without clothes live , Yet Solomon was never dressed so fine.3 Man hath still either toys or ...
To His divine appointments ever cleave , And no new business breaks their peace ; The birds nor sow nor reap , yet sup and dine ; The flowers without clothes live , Yet Solomon was never dressed so fine.3 Man hath still either toys or ...
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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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