Tag: 17th century
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‘Quickness’ by Henry Vaughan (1621-1695)
Thou art a toilsome Mole, or less; A moving mist; But life is, what none can express: A quickness which my God hath kiss’d.
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‘Good Friday, 1613, Riding Westwards’ by John Donne (1571-1631)
‘ … thou look’st towards mee, O Saviour, as thou hang’st upon the tree’
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‘The Coronet’ by Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)
When for the thorns with which I long, too long, With many a piercing wound, My Saviour’s head have crowned, I seek with garlands to redress that wrong
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‘To Keep a True Lent’ by Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
Is this a fast, to keepThe larder lean?And cleanFrom fat of veals and sheep?Is it to quit the dishOf flesh, yet stillTo fillThe platter high with fish? Is it to fast an hour,Or ragg’d to go,Or showA downcast look and sour ?No; ‘tis a fast to doleThy sheaf of wheat,And meat,Unto the hungry soul. It…
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‘The Seas are Quiet’ by Edmund Waller (1606-1687)
The soul’s dark cottage, batter’d and decay’d, Lets in new light through chinks that Time hath made:
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‘If I could shut the gate against my thoughts’ Anonymous (17th century)
If I could shut the gate against my thoughts …
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‘Lord, when the wise men came from afar’ by Sidney Godolphin (1610-1643)
Lord, when the wise men came from far Then did the shepherds too rejoice, Instructed by thy angel’s voice, Blest were the wise men in their skill, And shepherds in their harmless will.
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‘Psalm 117′ by Mary Sidney Herbert (1561-1621)
Sing all that share This earthly ball