The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...W. Miller, 1808 |
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... grace To look the sun of righteousness i'the face . What may we hope , if thou goest on thus fast ? Scriptures at first , enthusiams at last ! Thou hast commenced , betimes , a saint ; go on , Mingling diviner streams with Helicon ...
... grace To look the sun of righteousness i'the face . What may we hope , if thou goest on thus fast ? Scriptures at first , enthusiams at last ! Thou hast commenced , betimes , a saint ; go on , Mingling diviner streams with Helicon ...
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... grace , Than paint adds charms unto a beauteous face . † Yet as when mighty rivers gently creep , Their even calmness does suppose them deep , Such is your muse : no metaphor swelled high With dangerous boldness lifts her to the sky ...
... grace , Than paint adds charms unto a beauteous face . † Yet as when mighty rivers gently creep , Their even calmness does suppose them deep , Such is your muse : no metaphor swelled high With dangerous boldness lifts her to the sky ...
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... grace triumphant in her train . The wondering Nereids , though they raised no storm , Foreslowed her passage , to behold her form : Some cried , A Venus ; some , A Thetis past ; But this was not so fair , nor that so chaste . Far from ...
... grace triumphant in her train . The wondering Nereids , though they raised no storm , Foreslowed her passage , to behold her form : Some cried , A Venus ; some , A Thetis past ; But this was not so fair , nor that so chaste . Far from ...
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... grace The cap of the first Grave † o ' the race , Preferred by Graffin † Marian To adorn the handle of her fan ; * Charles , 2d Earl of Middleton , a man of some literary accomplishment . He had been Envoy Extraordinary to the Emperor ...
... grace The cap of the first Grave † o ' the race , Preferred by Graffin † Marian To adorn the handle of her fan ; * Charles , 2d Earl of Middleton , a man of some literary accomplishment . He had been Envoy Extraordinary to the Emperor ...
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... grace , I al- ways looked upon drunkenness to be an unpardonable crime in a young fellow , who , without any of these foreign helps , has fire enough in his veins to enable him to do justice to Cælia whenever she demands a tribute from ...
... grace , I al- ways looked upon drunkenness to be an unpardonable crime in a young fellow , who , without any of these foreign helps , has fire enough in his veins to enable him to do justice to Cælia whenever she demands a tribute from ...
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ANNE KILLIGREW Arcite arms beauty behold betwixt blood Boccacio breast called Canterbury Tales Chanticleer charms Chaucer coursers crowned Cymon dame daughter death divine dream Dryden Duchess of Ormond Emily EPISTLE eyes fair fame fate father favour fear fight fire fortune gave grace grief Guiscard hand happy hast heart heaven honour kind king knew knight KNIGHT'S TALE lady laurel light live look lord Lysimachus maid mind mortal mourning muse never noble numbers o'er once Ovid pain Palamon panegyric play pleased pleasure poem poet poetry praise prince pursue queen race rest seems shewed sighed sight Sir George Etherege Sir Robert Howard song soul stood sung sweet tale Tancred tears Thebes thee Theseus thine thing thou thought took translated Twas verses Virgil virtue vows wife Wife of Bath words youth
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Página 183 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride : — Happy, happy, happy pair ! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
Página 160 - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
Página 186 - Revolving in his altered soul The various turns of Chance below ; And, now and then, a sigh he stole, And tears began to flow.
Página 169 - Sharp violins proclaim Their jealous pangs and desperation, Fury, frantic indignation, Depth of pains and height of passion For the fair disdainful dame.
Página 316 - But whither went his soul, let such relate Who search the secrets of the future state : Divines can say but what themselves believe ; Strong proofs they have, but not demonstrative ; For, were all plain, then all sides must agree, And faith itself be lost in certainty. To live uprightly, then, is sure the best ; To save ourselves, and not to damn the rest.
Página 170 - To all the blessed above ; So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky.
Página 62 - Thou shalt be seen (Though with some short parenthesis between) High on the throne of wit; and seated there, Not mine (that's little) but thy laurel wear. Thy first attempt an early promise made; That early promise this has more than paid. So bold, yet so judiciously you dare, That your least praise is to be regular. Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught.
Página 190 - CREATOR spirit, by whose aid The world's foundations first were laid, Come visit every pious mind ; Come pour thy joys on human kind ; From sin and sorrow set us free, And make thy temples worthy thee.
Página 185 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure : Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain...
Página 191 - Chase from our minds the infernal foe, And peace, the fruit of love, bestow ; And, lest our feet should step astray, Protect and guide us in the way. Make us eternal truths receive, And practise all that we believe : Give us thyself, that we may see The Father, and the Son, by thee. Immortal honour, endless fame, Attend the...