Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 41
... thee a wild and cruel soul is given , More deaf than trees , and prouder than the Heaven ! On the head of a stag : O fertile head ! which every year Could such a crop of wonder bear ! The teeming earth did never bring , So soon , so ...
... thee a wild and cruel soul is given , More deaf than trees , and prouder than the Heaven ! On the head of a stag : O fertile head ! which every year Could such a crop of wonder bear ! The teeming earth did never bring , So soon , so ...
Page 153
... equator Heaven does bind When Heaven shall be adorned by thee , ( Which then more Heaven than ' tis will be ) ' Tis thou must write the poesy there , For it wanteth one as yet , Then the sun pass through't twice a year , The COWLEY . 153.
... equator Heaven does bind When Heaven shall be adorned by thee , ( Which then more Heaven than ' tis will be ) ' Tis thou must write the poesy there , For it wanteth one as yet , Then the sun pass through't twice a year , The COWLEY . 153.
Page 155
... thee doth wear , A globe , yea world , by that impression grow , Till thy tears mixed with mine do overflow This world , by waters sent from thee my heaven dissolved so . On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps cry out ...
... thee doth wear , A globe , yea world , by that impression grow , Till thy tears mixed with mine do overflow This world , by waters sent from thee my heaven dissolved so . On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps cry out ...
Page 157
... thee gentle , fair and gay , And trusts the faithless April of thy May . - Cowley . W Upon a paper written with the juice of lemon , and read by the fire : Nothing yet in thee is seen , But when a genial heat warms thee within , A new ...
... thee gentle , fair and gay , And trusts the faithless April of thy May . - Cowley . W Upon a paper written with the juice of lemon , and read by the fire : Nothing yet in thee is seen , But when a genial heat warms thee within , A new ...
Page 159
... thee , That thou should'st come to live it o'er again in me ? -- COWLEY . A lover's heart , a hand grenado : Woe to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self same room ; " Twill tear and blow up all within , Like a grenado ...
... thee , That thou should'st come to live it o'er again in me ? -- COWLEY . A lover's heart , a hand grenado : Woe to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self same room ; " Twill tear and blow up all within , Like a grenado ...
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