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Page 69
From rest and sleep , which but thy pictures be , Much pleasure ; then from thee much more must flow , And soonest our best men with thee do go , Rest of their bones , and souls ' delivery . Thou art slave to fate , chance , kings , and ...
From rest and sleep , which but thy pictures be , Much pleasure ; then from thee much more must flow , And soonest our best men with thee do go , Rest of their bones , and souls ' delivery . Thou art slave to fate , chance , kings , and ...
Page 87
But their guards , methinks , do sleep ! Let us wake them . - Sirs , you keep Proper watch , that thus do lie Drowned in sloth ! 1 Sat. They have ne'er an eye To wake withal . 2 Sat.
But their guards , methinks , do sleep ! Let us wake them . - Sirs , you keep Proper watch , that thus do lie Drowned in sloth ! 1 Sat. They have ne'er an eye To wake withal . 2 Sat.
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The hollowing owl , her post , prepares the way ; And winged dreams , as gnat swarms flutt'ring , let Sad sleep , who fain his eyes in rest would steep . Why then at death do weary mortals weep ? Sleep's but a shorter death ; death's ...
The hollowing owl , her post , prepares the way ; And winged dreams , as gnat swarms flutt'ring , let Sad sleep , who fain his eyes in rest would steep . Why then at death do weary mortals weep ? Sleep's but a shorter death ; death's ...
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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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