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Page 361
It was the force of conquest ; force with force Is well ejected when the conquered can . But I , a private person , whom my country 1190 1200 As a league - breaker gave up bound , presumed Single rebellion , and did hostile acts !
It was the force of conquest ; force with force Is well ejected when the conquered can . But I , a private person , whom my country 1190 1200 As a league - breaker gave up bound , presumed Single rebellion , and did hostile acts !
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If hell must mourn , heaven sure shall sympathize ; What force cannot effect , fraud shall devise . 32 And yet whose force fear I ? have I so lost Myself , my strength , too , with my innocence ? Come try who dares ; heaven , earth ...
If hell must mourn , heaven sure shall sympathize ; What force cannot effect , fraud shall devise . 32 And yet whose force fear I ? have I so lost Myself , my strength , too , with my innocence ? Come try who dares ; heaven , earth ...
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Therefore not long in force this Charter stood ; Wanting that seal , it must be sealed in blood . The subjects armed , the more the princes gave , The advantage only took the more to crave . Till kings by giving , give themselves away ...
Therefore not long in force this Charter stood ; Wanting that seal , it must be sealed in blood . The subjects armed , the more the princes gave , The advantage only took the more to crave . Till kings by giving , give themselves away ...
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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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