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... my long - strayed eyes to me , Which , oh , too long have dwelt on thee ; Yet since there they have learned such ill , Such forced fashions , And false passions , That they be Made by thee Fit for no good sight , keep them still .
... my long - strayed eyes to me , Which , oh , too long have dwelt on thee ; Yet since there they have learned such ill , Such forced fashions , And false passions , That they be Made by thee Fit for no good sight , keep them still .
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A hen I keep , which , creaking day by day , Tells when She goes her long white egg to lay . A goose I have , which , with a jealous ear , Lets loose Her tongue to tell what danger's near . A lamb I keep , tame , with my morsels fed ...
A hen I keep , which , creaking day by day , Tells when She goes her long white egg to lay . A goose I have , which , with a jealous ear , Lets loose Her tongue to tell what danger's near . A lamb I keep , tame , with my morsels fed ...
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Thy wounds shall blush to such bright scars As keep account of the Lamb's wars . Those rare works where thou shalt leave writ Love's noble history , with wit Taught thee by none but Him , while here They feed our souls , shall clothe ...
Thy wounds shall blush to such bright scars As keep account of the Lamb's wars . Those rare works where thou shalt leave writ Love's noble history , with wit Taught thee by none but Him , while here They feed our souls , shall clothe ...
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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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