HIS POETRY HIS PILLAR by Robert Herrick
HIS POETRY HIS PILLAR Only a little more I have to write: Then I’ll give o’er, And bid the world
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THE WORLD by Lord Francis Bacon
THE WORLD by Lord Francis Bacon of Verulam The World’s a bubble, and the Life of Man Less than a
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Continue readingThe Progress of Poetry by Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
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John Milton (1608-1674) Fly envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed
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John Dryden (1631-1700) Hidden Flame by John Dryden Feed a flame within, which so torments me That it both pains
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Richard Lovelace (1618-1657)
Continue readingUpon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666 by Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
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