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Change God for Satan , heaven's for hell's sovereign : O let him serve in hell , who scorns in heaven to reign ! 19 Ah , wretch ! who with ambitious cares oppressed , Longest still for future , feelest no present good ; Despising to be ...
Change God for Satan , heaven's for hell's sovereign : O let him serve in hell , who scorns in heaven to reign ! 19 Ah , wretch ! who with ambitious cares oppressed , Longest still for future , feelest no present good ; Despising to be ...
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To heaven's high city I direct my journey , Whose spangled suburbs entertain mine eye ; Mine eye , by contemplation's great attorney , Transcends the crystal pavement of the sky . But what is heaven , great God , compared to Thee ?
To heaven's high city I direct my journey , Whose spangled suburbs entertain mine eye ; Mine eye , by contemplation's great attorney , Transcends the crystal pavement of the sky . But what is heaven , great God , compared to Thee ?
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The other days and thou Make up one man , whose face thou art , Knocking at heaven with thy brow . The worky - days are the back - part ; The burden of the week lies there , Making the whole to stoop and bow Till thy release appear .
The other days and thou Make up one man , whose face thou art , Knocking at heaven with thy brow . The worky - days are the back - part ; The burden of the week lies there , Making the whole to stoop and bow Till thy release appear .
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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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