English Poetry of the Seventeenth CenturyRoberta Florence Brinkley |
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... Live , live with me , and thou shalt see The pleasures I'll prepare for thee : What sweets the country can afford Shall bless thy bed and bless thy board . The soft sweet moss shall be thy bed , With crawling woodbine overspread , By ...
... Live , live with me , and thou shalt see The pleasures I'll prepare for thee : What sweets the country can afford Shall bless thy bed and bless thy board . The soft sweet moss shall be thy bed , With crawling woodbine overspread , By ...
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... live again , Still longing so to be still slain ; So gainful is such loss of breath , I die even in desire of death . Still live in me this loving strife Of living death and dying life ; For while Thou sweetly slayest me , Dead to ...
... live again , Still longing so to be still slain ; So gainful is such loss of breath , I die even in desire of death . Still live in me this loving strife Of living death and dying life ; For while Thou sweetly slayest me , Dead to ...
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... live and feed by Thy decree On each green thing ; then slept - well fed- Clothed with this skin which now lies spread A covering o'er this aged book ; Which makes me wisely weep , and look On my own dust ; mere dust it is , But not so ...
... live and feed by Thy decree On each green thing ; then slept - well fed- Clothed with this skin which now lies spread A covering o'er this aged book ; Which makes me wisely weep , and look On my own dust ; mere dust it is , But not so ...
Contents
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY IN ENGLAND | 1 |
JOHN DONNE | 21 |
The Legacy | 30 |
Copyright | |
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