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~ Appendix I The following sequence of 16 Holy Sonnets was first printed in the collected Poems of 1635 (pp. 331-42), when the editor extracted HSMade, HSSighs, HSLittle, and HSSouls from H6 and inserted them into the 12"poem set carried over from the prior Poems of 1633. Though without manuscript authority, this 16..poem sequence was reproduced in all the remaining seventeenth..century editions and-except for those of Alford (L), Gardner (U), and Shawcross (Z)-has appeared in all subsequent edi.. tions up through that of Patrides (DD) (see Figure 6, p. lxxvi above). Because of its historical significance, we include this editorially constructed sequence here, pre.. senting the 1635 text as a typographical facsimile. 102 ~ Appendix I The following sequence of r6 Holy Sonnets was first printed in the collected Poems of r635 (pp. 33 r-42), when the editor extracted HSMade, HSSighs, HSLittle, and HSSouls from H6 and inserted them into the r2-poem set carried over from the prior Poems of r633. Though without manuscript authority, this r6-poem sequence was reproduced in all the remaining seventeenth-century editions and-except for those of Alford (L), Gardner (U), and Shawcross (Z)-has appeared in all subsequent editions up through that of Patrides (DD) (see Figure 6, p. lxxvi above). Because of its historical significance, we include this editorially constructed sequence here, presenting the r635 text as a typographical facsimile. 102 THE 1635 SEQUENCE Holy Sonnets. I. THou hast made me, And shall thy worke decay, Repaire me now, for now mine end doth haste, I runne to death, and death meets me as fast, And all my pleasures are like yesterday, I dare not move my dimme eyes any way, Despaire behind, and death before doth cast Such terrour, and my feeble flesh doth waste By sinne in it, which it t'wards hell doth weigh; Onely thou art above, and when towards thee By thy leave I can looke, I rise againe; But our old subtle foe so tempteth me, That not one houre my selfe I can sustaine, Thy Grace may wing me to prevent his art And thou like Adamant draw mine iron heart. I I. 5 10 Asdue by many titles I resigne My selfe to thee, a God. First I was made By thee; and for thee, and when I was decay'd Thy blood bought that, the which before was thine, I am thy Sonne, made with thy selfe to shine, 5 Thy servant, whose paines thou hast still repaid, Thy sheepe, thine Image, and till I betray'd My selfe, a temple of thy Spirit divine; Why doth the devill then usurpe on me? Why doth hee steale nay ravish that's thy right? 10 Except thou rise and for thine owne worke fight, Oh I shall soone despaire, when I shall see That thou lov'st mankinde well, yet wilt'not chuse me, And Satan hates me, yet is loath to lose me. 1°3 THE r635 SEQUENCE Holy Sonnets. I. THou hast made me, And shall thy worke decay, Repaire me now, for now mine end doth haste, I runne to death, and death meets me as fast, And all my pleasures are like yesterday, I dare not move my dimme eyes any way, Despaire behind, and death before doth cast Such terrour, and my feeble flesh doth waste By sinne in it, which it t'wards hell doth weigh; Onely thou art above, and when towards thee By thy leave I can laake, I rise againe; But our old subtle foe so tempteth me, That not one houre my selfe I can sustaine, Thy Grace may wing me to prevent his art And thou like Adamant draw mine iron heart. I I. 5 10 As due by many titles I resigne My selfe to thee, {) God. First I was made By thee; and for thee, and when I was decay'd Thy blood bought that, the which before was thine, I am thy Sonne, made with thy selfe to shine, 5 Thy servant, whose paines thou hast still repaid, Thy sheepe, thine Image, and till I betray'd My selfe, a temple of thy Spirit divine; Why doth the devill then usurpe on me? Why doth hee steale nay ravish that's thy right? 10 Except thou rise and for thine owne worke fight, Oh I shall soone despaire, when I shall see That thou lov'st mankinde well, yet wilt'not chuse me, And...

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