The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) excluding Seneca and Manilius Introduced and Annotated by F. J. Van Beeck |
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On the Innocents slain by Herod.
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On the Innocents slain by Herod.
Go blessed Innocents! and freely powre
Your Souls forth in a Purple showre.
And for that little Earth each shall lay down
Purchase a Heavenly Crown.
Your Souls forth in a Purple showre.
And for that little Earth each shall lay down
Purchase a Heavenly Crown.
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Nor of Originall Pollution feare
The Stains should to your blouds adhere;
For yours now shed, e're long shall in a Floud
Be wash'd of better Bloud.
The Stains should to your blouds adhere;
For yours now shed, e're long shall in a Floud
Be wash'd of better Bloud.
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