Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	heart_n	soul_n	10,548	5	4.6528	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91574	Solomons recantation, entituled Ecclesiastes, paraphrased. With a soliloquie or meditation upon every chapter. / By Francis Quarles. Opus posthumum. Never before printed. With a short relation of his life and death.	Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.; Quarles, Ursula, b. 1601.	1645 (1645)	Wing Q116; Thomason E284_13; ESTC R200060	37,689	73

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when_o vigour_n train_v the_o sparkle_a blood_n through_o thy_o meandr_a vein_n before_o thy_o flow_a marrow_n shall_v foment_n thy_o lust_n full_a fire_n before_o the_o false_a content_n of_o frothy_a pleasure_n shall_v begin_v to_o invite_v thy_o fond_a affection_n to_o a_o vain_a delight_n then_o then_o my_o soul_n whilst_o thy_o supply_n be_v fresh_a and_o strong_a wage_v war_n with_o thy_o rebellious_a ftesh_n gird_v up_o thy_o loin_n and_o march_v spare_v neither_o sweat_n nor_o blood_n take_v courage_n strike_v subdue_v defeat_n sing_v a_o triumphant_a song_n sing_v io_n paean_n adorn_v thy_o brow_n with_o palm_n and_o again_o sing_v io_n paean_n take_v time_n while_o time_n shall_v serve_v it_o be_v thou_o to_o day_n but_o secret_a danger_n still_o attend_v delay_n do_v while_o thou_o may_v to_o day_n have_v eagle_n wing_n and_o who_o can_v tell_v what_o change_n to_o morrow_n bring_v advantage_n waste_v and_o strength_n of_o body_n wear_v life_n have_v no_o lease_n and_o youth_n no_o term_n for_o year_n verse_n 3_o when_o creep_v age_n shall_v quench_v thy_o sprightly_a fire_n and_o breathe_v cold_a winter_n on_o thy_o chill_a desire_n verse_n 2_o what_o fire_n shall_v burn_v thy_o offering_n o_o what_o praise_n can_v issue_v forth_o from_o cold_a decrepit_a day_n when_o ebb_v blood_n neap-tide_n shall_v strike_v thy_o limb_n with_o tremble_a palsy_n when_o dry_a age_n bedim_v the_o optic_a sunshine_n of_o thy_o bedrid_a day_n what_o boot_v thy_o cold_n thy_o paralytic_a praise_n when_o secret_a ulcer_n shall_v attaint_v thy_o breath_n with_o fume_n more_o noisome_a than_o the_o sink_v of_o death_n what_o pleasure_n shall_v thy_o great_a creator_n raise_v from_o thy_o breath-tainted_n and_o unsav'ry_a praise_n come_v then_o my_o soul_n rouse_v up_o thy_o dull_a desire_n and_o quicken_v thy_o faint_a coal_n of_o sacred_a fire_n that_o lie_v rake_v up_o in_o th'ember_n of_o thy_o flesh_n fetch_v

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whirl_v about_o in_o his_o uncertain_a sphere_n and_o ride_v his_o unknown_a circuit_n every_o where_n verse_n 7_o all_o river_n to_o the_o sea_n their_o tribute_n yield_v and_o yet_o th'hydropick_a sea_n be_v never_o fill_v their_o slide_a stream_n pursue_v their_o passage_n home_o and_o drive_v their_o hasty_a tide_n from_o whence_o they_o come_v verse_n 8_o the_o world_n be_v all_o compose_v of_o change_n nor_o can_v her_o vanity_n be_v character_v by_o man_n the_o eye_n be_v not_o satisfy_v and_o what_o we_o hear_v fill_v not_o the_o concave_a of_o the_o insatiate_a ear_n verse_n 9_o the_o thing_n that_o heretofore_o have_v be_v we_o see_v be_v but_o the_o same_o that_o be_v and_o be_v to_o be_v and_o what_o be_v do_v be_v what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v there_o be_v nothing_o that_o be_v new_a beneath_o the_o sun_n verse_n 10_o what_o novelty_n can_v earth_n proclaim_v and_o say_v it_o have_v no_o precedent_n before_o this_o day_n no_o no_o there_o be_v nothing_o modern_a time_n can_v 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