The Metaphysical PoetsHelen Gardner With their intricate arguments, startling conceits and dazzling wit, the seventeenth-century poets who became known as ‘metaphysical’ brought a new ingenuity and energy to English verse. John Donne’s poems are some of the most passionate and profound to b |
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... unto my thoughts appeare ' Hymn : ' Lord when the wise men came from farr ' WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT To Chloe who wish'd her self young enough for me A New - years - gift to Brian Lord Bishop of Sarum On the Queens Return from the Low ...
... unto my thoughts appeare ' Hymn : ' Lord when the wise men came from farr ' WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT To Chloe who wish'd her self young enough for me A New - years - gift to Brian Lord Bishop of Sarum On the Queens Return from the Low ...
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... unto the world : And for because the world is populous , And here is not a creature but myself , I cannot do it ; yet I'll hammer it out . My brain I'll prove the female to my soul .... Longer conceits set themselves to ' prove ...
... unto the world : And for because the world is populous , And here is not a creature but myself , I cannot do it ; yet I'll hammer it out . My brain I'll prove the female to my soul .... Longer conceits set themselves to ' prove ...
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V | 33 |
VI | 35 |
VIII | 36 |
X | 37 |
XI | 39 |
XIII | 41 |
XIV | 44 |
XVI | 45 |
CXXIV | 159 |
CXXV | 160 |
CXXVI | 161 |
CXXIX | 162 |
CXXXI | 163 |
CXXXII | 164 |
CXXXIV | 165 |
CXXXV | 166 |
XVII | 46 |
XVIII | 47 |
XX | 51 |
XXII | 53 |
XXIII | 55 |
XXIV | 57 |
XXV | 58 |
XXVII | 59 |
XXVIII | 60 |
XXIX | 61 |
XXX | 63 |
XXXII | 64 |
XXXIII | 65 |
XXXIV | 66 |
XXXV | 67 |
XXXVI | 68 |
XXXVII | 69 |
XXXVIII | 70 |
XXXIX | 71 |
XL | 72 |
XLI | 73 |
XLII | 74 |
XLIII | 77 |
XLIV | 78 |
XLV | 80 |
XLVI | 81 |
XLVIII | 83 |
L | 85 |
LI | 86 |
LIII | 88 |
LIV | 89 |
LV | 90 |
LVI | 91 |
LVII | 92 |
LVIII | 93 |
LIX | 94 |
LXI | 95 |
LXII | 96 |
LXIII | 100 |
LXIV | 101 |
LXV | 102 |
LXVI | 103 |
LXVIII | 104 |
LXIX | 105 |
LXX | 106 |
LXXI | 107 |
LXXII | 108 |
LXXV | 110 |
LXXVI | 113 |
LXXVII | 114 |
LXXIX | 115 |
LXXX | 116 |
LXXXII | 117 |
LXXXIII | 118 |
LXXXIV | 120 |
LXXXVI | 121 |
LXXXVII | 122 |
LXXXVIII | 124 |
XC | 125 |
XCI | 126 |
XCII | 127 |
XCIV | 128 |
XCV | 129 |
XCVI | 131 |
XCVII | 132 |
XCVIII | 133 |
XCIX | 134 |
C | 135 |
CI | 136 |
CIII | 138 |
CIV | 139 |
CV | 140 |
CVI | 141 |
CVII | 142 |
CVIII | 143 |
CIX | 146 |
CXI | 147 |
CXIII | 148 |
CXV | 150 |
CXVI | 151 |
CXVII | 152 |
CXVIII | 153 |
CXIX | 154 |
CXX | 155 |
CXXI | 157 |
CXXII | 158 |
CXXXVI | 167 |
CXXXIX | 168 |
CXL | 169 |
CXLI | 170 |
CXLII | 174 |
CXLIII | 175 |
CXLIV | 176 |
CXLVI | 177 |
CXLVIII | 178 |
CXLIX | 179 |
CLI | 180 |
CLIII | 181 |
CLIV | 182 |
CLVI | 183 |
CLVIII | 184 |
CLX | 185 |
CLXI | 186 |
CLXII | 188 |
CLXIII | 190 |
CLXIV | 194 |
CLXV | 197 |
CLXVI | 198 |
CLXVIII | 203 |
CLXIX | 208 |
CLXX | 213 |
CLXXI | 215 |
CLXXII | 218 |
CLXXIII | 220 |
CLXXIV | 222 |
CLXXVI | 223 |
CLXXVII | 225 |
CLXXVIII | 227 |
CLXXIX | 228 |
CLXXX | 231 |
CLXXXI | 232 |
CLXXXII | 233 |
CLXXXIII | 234 |
CLXXXIV | 236 |
CLXXXV | 237 |
CLXXXVI | 240 |
CLXXXVII | 241 |
CLXXXVIII | 242 |
CLXXXIX | 244 |
CXC | 245 |
CXCI | 247 |
CXCII | 250 |
CXCIII | 252 |
CXCV | 254 |
CXCVI | 255 |
CXCVIII | 258 |
CXCIX | 262 |
CC | 264 |
CCI | 265 |
CCII | 266 |
CCIII | 267 |
CCIV | 268 |
CCV | 269 |
CCVII | 271 |
CCVIII | 273 |
CCX | 275 |
CCXI | 277 |
CCXII | 279 |
CCXIII | 280 |
CCXIV | 282 |
CCXV | 283 |
CCXVI | 284 |
CCXVIII | 285 |
CCXIX | 286 |
CCXX | 287 |
CCXXI | 288 |
CCXXII | 289 |
CCXXIII | 291 |
CCXXIV | 294 |
CCXXV | 295 |
CCXXVII | 296 |
CCXXIX | 297 |
CCXXX | 299 |
CCXXXI | 300 |
CCXXXII | 301 |
CCXXXIII | 302 |
CCXXXIV | 303 |
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