English Poetry of the Seventeenth CenturyRoberta Florence Brinkley |
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... Sight is the noblest sense of any one ; Yet sight hath only color to feed on , And color is decayed : summer's robe grows Dusky , and like an oft dyed garment shows . Our blushing red , which used in cheeks to spread , 210 220 230 240 ...
... Sight is the noblest sense of any one ; Yet sight hath only color to feed on , And color is decayed : summer's robe grows Dusky , and like an oft dyed garment shows . Our blushing red , which used in cheeks to spread , 210 220 230 240 ...
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... sight of her in heaven without restraint , Came vested all in white , pure as her mind . Her face was veiled ; yet to my fancied sight Love , sweetness , goodness , in her person shined So clear as in no face with more delight . But ...
... sight of her in heaven without restraint , Came vested all in white , pure as her mind . Her face was veiled ; yet to my fancied sight Love , sweetness , goodness , in her person shined So clear as in no face with more delight . But ...
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... sight was not lost , God will restore him eye - sight to his strength . Chor . Thy hopes are not ill founded , nor seem vain , Of his delivery , and thy joy thereon Conceived , agreeable to a father's love ; In both which we , as next ...
... sight was not lost , God will restore him eye - sight to his strength . Chor . Thy hopes are not ill founded , nor seem vain , Of his delivery , and thy joy thereon Conceived , agreeable to a father's love ; In both which we , as next ...
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THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY IN ENGLAND | 1 |
JOHN DONNE | 21 |
The Legacy | 30 |
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