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Page 174
But he is gone ; then inwards turn your light , Behold him there : here never shall you more ; O'erhang this sad plain with eternal night ; Or change the gaudy green she whilom wore To fenny black ! Hyperion great To ashy paleness turn ...
But he is gone ; then inwards turn your light , Behold him there : here never shall you more ; O'erhang this sad plain with eternal night ; Or change the gaudy green she whilom wore To fenny black ! Hyperion great To ashy paleness turn ...
Page 231
If blazing Honor chance to fill my veins With flattering warmth , and flash of courtly fire , My soul can take a pleasure in her pains ; My lofty strutting steps disdain to tire ; My antic knees can turn upon the hinges Of compliment ...
If blazing Honor chance to fill my veins With flattering warmth , and flash of courtly fire , My soul can take a pleasure in her pains ; My lofty strutting steps disdain to tire ; My antic knees can turn upon the hinges Of compliment ...
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Shall stuff their lines and swell the windy page , Till verse , refined by thee in this last age , Turn ballad - rhyme , or those old idols be Adored again with new apostasy . O pardon me , that break with untuned verse The reverend ...
Shall stuff their lines and swell the windy page , Till verse , refined by thee in this last age , Turn ballad - rhyme , or those old idols be Adored again with new apostasy . O pardon me , that break with untuned verse The reverend ...
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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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