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The Purple Island, or the Isle of Man: An Allegorical Poem
Excerpt from The Purple Island, or the Isle of An Allegorical Poem
AS fome Optic Glcfles, if we look one Way, increafe theobjeé't; if the other, leffen the Such is an Eye that looks through Afiflion; it doubles any good, and extenuates what is amifs. Pardon me, Sir, for fpeaking plain Truth fuch is that Eye whereby you have viewed thefe raw Ejays of my very unripe Years, and almof't Childhood. How unfeafonable are Blrflhms in Autumn (unlefs perhaps in this Age, where are more Flowers than Fruit). I am entering upon my Winter, and yet thefe Blooms of my firft Spring.
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AS fome Optic Glcfles, if we look one Way, increafe theobjeé't; if the other, leffen the Such is an Eye that looks through Afiflion; it doubles any good, and extenuates what is amifs. Pardon me, Sir, for fpeaking plain Truth fuch is that Eye whereby you have viewed thefe raw Ejays of my very unripe Years, and almof't Childhood. How unfeafonable are Blrflhms in Autumn (unlefs perhaps in this Age, where are more Flowers than Fruit). I am entering upon my Winter, and yet thefe Blooms of my firft Spring.
About the Publisher
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.
298 pages, Hardcover
First published January 10, 2010
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Phineas Fletcher
78 books3 followersPhineas Fletcher (1582-1650) was an English poet. He was the son of poet Giles Fletcher, the Elder and brother of poet Giles Fletcher, the Younger.
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April 5, 2016
An early-seventeenth-century anatomy of the human body in modified Spenserian stanzas is surprisingly less interesting than you might think.
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