Lives of Sacred Poets (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Lives of Sacred Poets

My sun is turu'd into a shade' Or else mine eyes are blind. That Sorrow's cloud makes all seem dark That comes into my mind; My youth to age; or else because My comforts are so cold. My sorrow makes me in conceit To be decrepit, old.

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Excerpt from Lives of Sacred Poets

In the selection of Wither, I was influenced, not more by the hope of rescuing a writer of true genius from unmerited oblivion, than by the desire of pre senting in his person an example of the efficacy of a well-grounded religious confidence upon our thoughtsandwhichgave to his prison-lays sweetness irreo s'ufibly touching. His Muse does not demand our sdmirflion by the splendour of her charms, but rather wins our love by the simplicity, the modesty, and the grseeofherdemeanour. Wefeel inherpresence,ss with a beloved friend, whose eyes always strike A bliss upon the day. In the charming words of Wither, Her true beauty leaves behind Apprehension in the mind Of more sweetness than all art.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.