English Poetry of the Seventeenth CenturyRoberta Florence Brinkley |
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... mind worked its way out of the first re- action of gloom , which led to skepticism on the one hand and to blind faith and retreat into mysticism on the other , and became aware that the new theory of the universe was a stupendous ...
... mind worked its way out of the first re- action of gloom , which led to skepticism on the one hand and to blind faith and retreat into mysticism on the other , and became aware that the new theory of the universe was a stupendous ...
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... mind , his constant study , and his unflagging zeal wore out a body spent with many sicknesses . Donne's poetry ... mind seem to work simultaneously , so that even while Donne enjoys or suffers , his keen , quick mind observes and ...
... mind , his constant study , and his unflagging zeal wore out a body spent with many sicknesses . Donne's poetry ... mind seem to work simultaneously , so that even while Donne enjoys or suffers , his keen , quick mind observes and ...
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... mind and body both bedwarfed us.2 We seem ambitious God's whole work to undo ; Of nothing He made us , and we strive too , To bring ourselves to nothing back ; and we Do what we can to do't so soon as He : With new diseases on ourselves ...
... mind and body both bedwarfed us.2 We seem ambitious God's whole work to undo ; Of nothing He made us , and we strive too , To bring ourselves to nothing back ; and we Do what we can to do't so soon as He : With new diseases on ourselves ...
Contents
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY IN ENGLAND | 1 |
JOHN DONNE | 21 |
The Legacy | 30 |
Copyright | |
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