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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 , 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 , Age must be loveliest at the latest day . But name not winter faces , whose skin's slack , Lank as an ...
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IO Did I flourish or diminish , When I so in thoughts did finish What I had in things begun ; When from God's works to think upon The thoughts of men my soul did come ? The thoughts of men , had they been wise , Should more delight me ...
IO Did I flourish or diminish , When I so in thoughts did finish What I had in things begun ; When from God's works to think upon The thoughts of men my soul did come ? The thoughts of men , had they been wise , Should more delight me ...
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But talking and eloquence are not the same : to speak , and to speak well , are two things . A fool may talk , but a wise man speaks ; and out of the observation , knowledge , and use of things , many writers perplex their readers and ...
But talking and eloquence are not the same : to speak , and to speak well , are two things . A fool may talk , but a wise man speaks ; and out of the observation , knowledge , and use of things , many writers perplex their readers and ...
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Contents
JOHN DAVIES OF HEREFORD 534 | 534 |
THOMAS HEYWOOD | 541 |
SIR JOHN BEAUMONT | 547 |
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| Title | Poetry of the English Renaissance, 1509-1660 |
| Editors | John William Hebel, Hoyt Hopewell Hudson |
| Compiled by | John William Hebel, Hoyt Hopewell Hudson |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 1068 pages |
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