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" Why should I women's eyes for crystal take? Such poor invention burns in their low mind, Whose fire is wild, and doth not upward go To praise, and on thee Lord, some ink bestow. "
The Lives of Dr. John Donne;--Sir Henry Wotton;--Mr. Richard Hooker;--Mr ... - Page 14
by Izaak Walton - 1817
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The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Hebert, and Sanderson, Volume 2

Izaak Walton - 1832 - 348 pages
...dry Oceans of ink ; for, as the deluge did Cover the earth, so doth thy majesty : Each cloud distils thy praise, and doth forbid Poets to turn it to another...Roses and lilies speak thee ; and to make A pair of cheeks of them is thy abuse. Why should I women's eyes for crystal take ? Such poor invention burns...
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Walton's Lives

1832 - 348 pages
...dry Oceans of ink ; for, as the deluge did Cover the earth, so doth thy majesty : Each cloud distils thy praise, and doth forbid Poets to turn it to another...Roses and lilies speak thee ; and to make A pair of cheeks of them is thy abuse. Why should I women's eyes for crystal take ? Such poor invention burns...
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The Works of George Herbert, Volume 2

George Herbert - 1838 - 406 pages
...[fuse. Oceans of ink ; for, as the Deluge did Cover the Earth, so doth thy Majesty : Each cloud distils thy praise, and doth forbid Poets to turn it to another...Roses and lilies speak thee ; and to make A pair of cheeks of them, is thy abuse. Why should I women's eyes for crystal take ? Such poor invention burns...
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The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

George Herbert - 1838 - 408 pages
...[fuse. Oceans of ink ; for, as the Deluge did Cover the Earth, so doth thy Majesty : Each cloud distils thy praise, and doth forbid Poets to turn it to another use. Why should I women's eyes for crystal take ' Such poor invention burns in their low mind Whose fire...
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Ecclesiastical Biography: Or, Lives of Eminent Men, Connected with ..., Volume 4

1839 - 736 pages
...dry Oceans of ink ; for, as the deluge did Cover the earth, so doth thy majesty : Each cloud distils thy praise, and doth forbid Poets to turn it to another...Roses and lilies speak thee ; and to make A pair of cheeks of them, is thy abuse. Why should I women's eyes for chrystal take ? Such poor invention burns...
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The Remains of that Sweet Singer of The Temple

George Herbert - 1841 - 422 pages
...dry Oceans of ink ; for, as the deluge did Cover the earth, so doth thy Majesty : Each cloud distils thy praise, and doth forbid Poets to turn it to another...Roses and lilies speak thee ; and to make A pair of cheeks of them is thy abuse. Why should I women's eyes for crystal take ? Such poor invention burns...
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The remains of ... George Herbert

George Herbert - 1841 - 394 pages
...dry Oceans of ink; for, as the deluge did Cover the earth, so d oth thy Majesty: Each cloud distils thy praise, and doth forbid Poets to turn it to another...Roses and lilies speak thee; and to make A pair of cheeks of them is thy abuse. Why should I women's eyes for crystal take'! Such poor invention burns...
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The Temple: And the Country Parson

George Herbert - 1842 - 400 pages
...dry Oceans of ink ; for, as the deluge did Cover the earth, so doth thy majesty. Each cloud distils thy praise, and doth forbid Poets to turn it to another...Roses and lilies speak thee; and to make A pair of cheeks of them, is thy abuse. Why should 1 women's eyes for crystal take ? Such poor invention burns...
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The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Volume 20

1842 - 796 pages
...for as the deluge did Cover the earth, so doth thy majesty : Each cloud distils thy praise, and duth forbid Poets to turn it to another use. Roses and lilies speak Thee ; and to make A pair of cheeks of them is thy abuse. Why should I women's eyes for crystal take ? Such poor invention burns...
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The Life and Writings of the Rev. George Herbert: With the Synagogue, in ...

George Herbert - 1851 - 468 pages
...dry Oceans of ink ; for, as the deluge did Cover the earth, so doth thy majesty. Each cloud distils thy praise, and doth forbid Poets to turn it to another...Roses and lilies speak thee ; and to make A pair of cheeks of them, is thy abuse. Why should 1 women's eyes for crystal take ? Such poor invention bums...
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