John Donne, Sometime Dean of St. Paul's: A.D. 1621-1631Methuen and Company, 1897 - 239 páginas |
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Anne of Denmark appears became Bishop blessed Blunham brother called Christ Church conscience Countess of Bedford court courtiers daughter Dean of St deanery death delivered died divine Donne's Dunstan's duty Earl Elizabeth England father favour fortune Francis Goodere hand hath hear Henry Goodere holy holy orders honour hope Item I give Izaak Walton James JOHN DONNE John Heywood Julius Cæsar king Lady Bedford later learning letter Lincoln's Lincoln's Inn living London Lord Hay Lord Keeper lordship marriage married Micham months Morton never Nicholas Ferrar nobility noble occasion Oxford parish Paul's payde poems poet poor poundes prayer preacher prebendaries pulpit Puritan Pyrford Queen received religion Roman seems sermon servant sickness Sir George Sir Henry Goodere Sir Thomas sister soul suffered things Thou thought tion Twoe tyme verse weeks Whitehall wife words write young
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Página 13 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Página 207 - Wilt Thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which was my sin, though it were done before? Wilt Thou forgive that sin, through which I run, And do run still, though still I do deplore? When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done, For I have more. Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I have won Others to sin, and made my sin their door?
Página 13 - As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty ; though but downright fools, mere wise...
Página 77 - A VALEDICTION: FORBIDDING MOURNING As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say, "The breath goes now,
Página 78 - Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th
Página 202 - Such an improvement of the doctrine of the enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent...
Página 136 - ... a preacher in earnest, weeping sometimes for his auditory, sometimes with them ; always preaching to himself, like an angel from a cloud, but in none ; carrying some, as St. Paul was, to heaven in holy raptures, and enticing others, by a sacred art and courtship, to amend their lives...
Página 215 - Since I am coming to that holy room Where, with Thy choir of saints for evermore, I shall be made Thy music; as I come I tune the instrument here at the door, And what I must do then, think here before.
Página 164 - If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
Página 78 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And, though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th