Poems of John Donne, Volumen2

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Lawrence & Bullen, 1896

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Página 61 - Like sons of women after fifty be. And new philosophy calls all in doubt; The element of fire is quite put out; The sun is lost, and th' earth, and no man's wit Can well direct him where to look for it. And freely men confess that this world's spent, When in the planets, and the firmament
Página 105 - Not so, sir, I have more.' Under this pitch He would not fly; I chafed him. But as itch Scratched into smart, and as blunt iron ground Into an edge, hurts worse ; so I, fool, found 90 Crossing hurt me. To fit my sullenness, He to another key his style doth dress, And asks, 'What news?
Página 135 - He was the Word that spake it. He took the bread and brake it; And what that Word did make it, I do believe and take it.
Página xx - for the ground We till with them, and them to heaven we raise. Who prayerless labours, or, without this, prays, Doth but one half, that's none ; He which said, "Plough And look not back," to look up doth allow. Good seed degenerates, and oft obeys The soil's disease, and into cockle strays.
Página 61 - twere blasphemy to say, did fall. But as a ship, which hath struck sail, doth run By force of that force which before it won ; Or as sometimes in a beheaded man, Though at those two Red Seas, which freely ran, 10 One from the trunk, another from the head, His soul be
Página 105 - lechers do grow sound By giving others their sores, I might grow Guilty, and he free ; therefore I did show All signs of loathing ; but since I am in, I must pay mine and my forefathers' sin To the last farthing. Therefore to my power Toughly and stubbornly I ^bear this cross ; but th
Página 105 - At the last day ? or will it then boot thee To say a Philip or a Gregory, A Harry or a Martin, taught thee this ? Is not this excuse for mere contraries Equally strong ? cannot both sides say so ? . That thou mayst rightly obey power, her bounds: know
Página 105 - to cry ; and though his face be as ill As theirs, which in old hangings whip Christ, still He strives to look worse ; he keeps all in awe, Jests like a licensed fool, commands like law. Tired now I leave this place, and, but pleased so As men from gaols to execution go,
Página 105 - One, whom the watch, at noon, lets scarce go by; One, to whom th' examining justice sure would cry, ' Sir, by your priesthood, tell me what you are.' His clothes were strange, though coarse. and black, though bare ; 30 Sleeveless his jerkin was, and it had been Velvet, but 'twas
Página 105 - Tis sweet to talk of kings.' ' At Westminster,' Said I, ' the man that keeps the abbey tombs, And for his price doth with whoever comes Of all our Harrys and our Edwards talk, From king to king, and all their kin can walk.

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