The uncompleted edition of Wither's poems, ed. by J.M. Gutch. 4 vols, Volume 21622 |
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... wrong'd that hear my troubles . Nay , though my fault were real , I believe Thou art so royal that thou wouldst forgive . For , well I know , thy sacred Majesty Hath ever been admir'd for clemency , And at thy gentleness the world hath ...
... wrong'd that hear my troubles . Nay , though my fault were real , I believe Thou art so royal that thou wouldst forgive . For , well I know , thy sacred Majesty Hath ever been admir'd for clemency , And at thy gentleness the world hath ...
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... wrong'd , nor dost thou know , If I have suffered injuries or no ; For , if I have not heard false rumours fly , Th'ast grac'd me with the stile of Honesty ; And if it were so ( as some think it was ) , I cannot see how it should come ...
... wrong'd , nor dost thou know , If I have suffered injuries or no ; For , if I have not heard false rumours fly , Th'ast grac'd me with the stile of Honesty ; And if it were so ( as some think it was ) , I cannot see how it should come ...
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... wrong , Made me so fearless in my careless song , That had not reason within compass won me , I had told truth enough to have undone me ; ( Nay , have already , if that her divine And unseen power can do no more than mine ; ) For though ...
... wrong , Made me so fearless in my careless song , That had not reason within compass won me , I had told truth enough to have undone me ; ( Nay , have already , if that her divine And unseen power can do no more than mine ; ) For though ...
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... wrong out of my hate , Upbraiding me , I from my word do start , Either for want of better ground or heart , ' Cause from his expectation I did vary In the denying of his commentary ; Whereas ' tis known I meant Abuse the while , Not ...
... wrong out of my hate , Upbraiding me , I from my word do start , Either for want of better ground or heart , ' Cause from his expectation I did vary In the denying of his commentary ; Whereas ' tis known I meant Abuse the while , Not ...
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... wrong . But why ( some say ) should his too saucy rhymes Thus tax the wise and great ones of our times ? It suits not with his years to be so bold , Nor fits it us by him to be controul'd . I must confess ( ' tis very true indeed ) Such ...
... wrong . But why ( some say ) should his too saucy rhymes Thus tax the wise and great ones of our times ? It suits not with his years to be so bold , Nor fits it us by him to be controul'd . I must confess ( ' tis very true indeed ) Such ...
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Page 166 - By a daisy whose leaves spread Shut when Titan goes to bed ; Or a shady bush or tree, She could more infuse in me, Than all Nature's beauties can, In some other wiser man.
Page 146 - Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 145 - WHEN Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates; When I lie tangled in her hair And fettered to her eye, The birds that wanton in the air Know no such liberty.
Page 166 - Some things that may sweeten gladness, In the very gall of sadness. The dull loneness, the black shade, That these hanging vaults have made, The strange music of the waves, Beating on these hollow caves, This black den which rocks emboss, Overgrown with eldest moss : The rude portals that give light More to Terror than Delight : This my chamber of Neglect, Wall'd about with Disrespect ; From all these and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and...
Page 297 - I feel not in myself those common antipathies that I can discover in others : those national repugnances do not touch me, nor do I behold with prejudice the French, Italian, Spaniard, or Dutch...
Page 145 - When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames, Our careless heads with roses bound, Our hearts with loyal flames; When thirsty grief in wine we steep, When healths and draughts go free, Fishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty. When...
Page 167 - Though thou be to them a scorn That to nought but earth are born, Let my life no longer be Than I am in love with thee : Though our wise ones call...
Page 167 - Beating on these hollow caves; This black den which rocks emboss, Overgrown with eldest moss: The rude portals that give light More to terror than delight; This my chamber of neglect, Walled about with disrespect. From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and delight.
Page 65 - I FIRST adventure, with fool-hardy might, To tread the steps of perilous despite. I first adventure, follow me who list, And be the second English satirist.
Page 165 - Wer't in mortal's power to do.) She doth tell me where to borrow Comfort in the midst of sorrow ; Makes the desolatest place To her presence be a grace ; And the blackest discontents Be her fairest ornaments.