Poetry of the English Renaissance, 1509-1660 |
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He whose blind zeal did rage with cruelty And helped to shed the first of martyrs ' blood , By light from heaven his blindness understood , And with the chief apostle slain doth lie . O three times happy two ! O golden pair !
He whose blind zeal did rage with cruelty And helped to shed the first of martyrs ' blood , By light from heaven his blindness understood , And with the chief apostle slain doth lie . O three times happy two ! O golden pair !
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o 270 and ease , While we , good harmless creatures , sleep or play , Forget our former loss and following pain , Earth sweats for heaven , but hell keeps holy - day . Shall we repent , good souls , or shall we plain ?
o 270 and ease , While we , good harmless creatures , sleep or play , Forget our former loss and following pain , Earth sweats for heaven , but hell keeps holy - day . Shall we repent , good souls , or shall we plain ?
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Ah , foolish man , that wouldst debase with them And mortal glory , heaven's diadem ! But thou who only couldst the serpent tame , Either his slipp'ry knots at once untie And disentangle all his winding snare , Or shatter too with him ...
Ah , foolish man , that wouldst debase with them And mortal glory , heaven's diadem ! But thou who only couldst the serpent tame , Either his slipp'ry knots at once untie And disentangle all his winding snare , Or shatter too with him ...
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SIR THOMAS MORE | 9 |
GEORCE GASCOIGNE | 99 |
SIR Philip SIDNEY | 105 |
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