The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3Little, Brown, & Company; Shepard, Clark & Brown, 1859 |
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... honours to others impart ' . Song , ' Go tell Amynta , gentle swain Song to a Fair Young Lady • Alexander's Feast ; or , The Power of Music Veni Creator Spiritus , paraphrased The Secular Masque Song of a Scholar and his Mistress Songs ...
... honours to others impart ' . Song , ' Go tell Amynta , gentle swain Song to a Fair Young Lady • Alexander's Feast ; or , The Power of Music Veni Creator Spiritus , paraphrased The Secular Masque Song of a Scholar and his Mistress Songs ...
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... honour , I seek with content The fate which in pity you would not prevent : To languish in love , were to find by delay A death that's more welcome the speediest way . 5 10 On seas and in battles , in bullets and fire , The danger is ...
... honour , I seek with content The fate which in pity you would not prevent : To languish in love , were to find by delay A death that's more welcome the speediest way . 5 10 On seas and in battles , in bullets and fire , The danger is ...
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... honours to others impart , But give me your heart : That treasure , that treasure alone , I beg for my own . So gentle a love , so fervent a fire , My soul does inspire ; That treasure , that treasure alone , I beg for my own . Your ...
... honours to others impart , But give me your heart : That treasure , that treasure alone , I beg for my own . So gentle a love , so fervent a fire , My soul does inspire ; That treasure , that treasure alone , I beg for my own . Your ...
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... HONOUR OF ST . CECILIA'S DAY . I. " Twas at the royal feast , for Persia won By Philip's warlike son : Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne : His valiant peers were plac'd around ; Their brows with roses and ...
... HONOUR OF ST . CECILIA'S DAY . I. " Twas at the royal feast , for Persia won By Philip's warlike son : Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne : His valiant peers were plac'd around ; Their brows with roses and ...
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... Honour , but an empty bubble ; Never ending , still beginning , Fighting still , and still destroying : If all the world be worth thy winning , Think , O think it worth enjoying : Lovely Thais sits beside thee , 95 35 100 105 Take the ...
... Honour , but an empty bubble ; Never ending , still beginning , Fighting still , and still destroying : If all the world be worth thy winning , Think , O think it worth enjoying : Lovely Thais sits beside thee , 95 35 100 105 Take the ...
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