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Doubt wisely ; in strange way To stand inquiring right is not to stray ; To sleep , or run wrong , is . On a huge hill , Cragged and steep , Truth stands , and he that will Reach her , about must and about must go , And what the hill's ...
Doubt wisely ; in strange way To stand inquiring right is not to stray ; To sleep , or run wrong , is . On a huge hill , Cragged and steep , Truth stands , and he that will Reach her , about must and about must go , And what the hill's ...
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... the blow Of overthrow ; Nor shall the seas , Or outrages Of storms , o'erbear What we uprear ; Tho ' kingdoms fall , This pillar never shall Decline or waste at all ; But stand for ever by his own Firm and well - fixed foundation .
... the blow Of overthrow ; Nor shall the seas , Or outrages Of storms , o'erbear What we uprear ; Tho ' kingdoms fall , This pillar never shall Decline or waste at all ; But stand for ever by his own Firm and well - fixed foundation .
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And as courts make not kings , but kings the court , So where the Muses and their train resort , Parnassus stands ; if I can ... 1 Now shalt thou stand though sword , or time , or fire , Or zeal more fierce than they , thy fall conspire ...
And as courts make not kings , but kings the court , So where the Muses and their train resort , Parnassus stands ; if I can ... 1 Now shalt thou stand though sword , or time , or fire , Or zeal more fierce than they , thy fall conspire ...
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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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