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Steps to the Temple: Delights of the Muses, and Other Poems - Page 249
by Richard Crashaw - 1904 - 401 pages
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The Religious Poems of Richard Crashaw

Richard Crashaw - Poetry, religious - 1914 - 158 pages
...again, .j «K And would for ever so be slain. X ts * '-f jL u / ts ' ' \ And lives, and dfes ; and knows not why . To live, but that he thus may never leave to die. r^'"*'*' How kindly will thy gentle heart 105 Kiss the sweetly-killing dart, \ And close in his...
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Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of the Seventeenth Century, Donne to Butler

Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - Poetry - 1921 - 316 pages
...leave their quire O how oft shalt them complain Of a sweet & subtle PAIN ; Of intolerable JOYES ; Of a DEATH, in which who dyes Loves his death, and dyes...will thy gentle HEART Kisse the sweetly-killing DART 1 And close in his embraces keep Those delicious Wounds, that weep Balsom to heal themselves with....
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The World's Great Religious Poetry

Caroline Miles Hill - Religious poetry - 1923 - 888 pages
...their archerie. O how oft shalt thou complain Of a sweet and subtle Pain. Of intolerable Joyes; Of a Death, in which who dyes Loves his death and dyes again. And would forever be so slain. And lives, and dyes; and knowes not why To live, But that he thus may never leave...
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The Catholic Tradition in English Literature

George Carver - American literature - 1926 - 504 pages
...1OO Loves his death, and dies again, And would for ever so be slain. And lives, and dies; and knows not why To live, but that he thus may never leave to die. How kindly will thy gentle heart 105 Kiss the sweetly-killing dart, And close in his embraces...
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The World's Great Religious Poetry

Caroline Miles Hill - Religious poetry, English - 1928 - 888 pages
...their quire And turn love's souldiers, upon Thee To exercise their archerie. Of intolerable Joyes; Of a Death, in which who dyes Loves his death and dyes again. And would forever be so slain. And lives, and dyes ; and knowes not why To live, But that he thus may never leave...
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Seventeenth Century Lyrics from the Original Texts

Norman Ault - English poetry - 1928 - 544 pages
...dies Loves his death, and dies again, And would for ever so be slain ; And lives, and dies ; and knows not why To live, but that he thus may never leave to die. How kindly will thy gentle heart Kiss the sweetly-killing dart, And close in his embraces keep...
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Queering the Renaissance

Jonathan Goldberg - History - 1994 - 404 pages
...male lover, Jesus: O how oft shalt thou complain Of a sweet and subtle PAIN. Of intolerable JOYES; Of a DEATH in which who dyes Loves his death, and dyes again. And would for ever so be slam. And lives, and dyes; and knowes not why To live, But that be thus may never leave to DY. How...
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A Selection of Metaphysical Poets

Virginia Graham - Poetry - 1996 - 260 pages
...dies Loves his death, and dies again, And would for ever so be slain! And lives and dies, and knows not why To live; but that he thus may never leave to die! 105 How kindly will thy gentle heart Kiss the sweetly killing dart! And close in his embraces...
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Closet Devotions

Richard Rambuss - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 212 pages
...male lover, Jesus: O how oft shalt thou complain Of a sweet and subtle PAIN. Of intolerable JOYES; Of a DEATH, in which who dyes Loves his death, and dyes...again. And would for ever so be slain. And lives, and dyes; and knowes not why To live, But that he thus may never leave to DY. How kindly will thy gentle...
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A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture

Michael Hattaway - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 800 pages
...who dyes Loves his death, and dies again. And would forever so be slain. And lives, & dyes; and knows not why To live, But that he thus may never leave to DIE. How kindly will thy gentle HEART Kiss the sweetly-killing DART! And close in his embraces keep...
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