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If we love things long sought , age is a thing Which we are fifty years in compassing ; If transitory things , which soon decay , 30 Age must be loveliest at the latest day . But name not winter faces , whose skin's slack , Lank as an ...
If we love things long sought , age is a thing Which we are fifty years in compassing ; If transitory things , which soon decay , 30 Age must be loveliest at the latest day . But name not winter faces , whose skin's slack , Lank as an ...
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37 For things that pass are past , and in this field The indeficient spring no winter fears ; The trees together fruit and blossom yield ; The unfading lily leaves of silver bears , And crimson rose a scarlet garment wears .
37 For things that pass are past , and in this field The indeficient spring no winter fears ; The trees together fruit and blossom yield ; The unfading lily leaves of silver bears , And crimson rose a scarlet garment wears .
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40 Changer of all things , yet immutable ; Before and after all , the first and last , That moving all , is yet immovable ; Great without quantity , in whose forecast Things past are present , things to come are past ; Swift without ...
40 Changer of all things , yet immutable ; Before and after all , the first and last , That moving all , is yet immovable ; Great without quantity , in whose forecast Things past are present , things to come are past ; Swift without ...
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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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