English Poetry of the Seventeenth CenturyRoberta Florence Brinkley |
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... light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide , And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless , though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker , and present My true account , lest He , returning ...
... light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide , And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless , though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker , and present My true account , lest He , returning ...
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... Light , the prime work of God , to me is extinct , And all her various objects of delight Annulled , which might in part my grief have eased . Inferior to the vilest now become Of man or worm , the vilest here excel me : They creep ...
... Light , the prime work of God , to me is extinct , And all her various objects of delight Annulled , which might in part my grief have eased . Inferior to the vilest now become Of man or worm , the vilest here excel me : They creep ...
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... light , As in the land of darkness , yet in light , To live a life half dead , a living death , And buried ; but , O yet more miserable ! Myself my sepulchre , a moving grave ; Buried , yet not exempt By privilege of death and burial ...
... light , As in the land of darkness , yet in light , To live a life half dead , a living death , And buried ; but , O yet more miserable ! Myself my sepulchre , a moving grave ; Buried , yet not exempt By privilege of death and burial ...
Contents
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY IN ENGLAND | 1 |
JOHN DONNE | 21 |
The Legacy | 30 |
Copyright | |
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