The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3Little, Brown, & Company; Shepard, Clark & Brown, 1859 |
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... rest ; My amorous heart was in despair , To find a new victorious fair . Till you descending on our plains , With foreign force renew my chains ; Where now you rule without control The mighty sovereign of my soul . Your smiles have more ...
... rest ; My amorous heart was in despair , To find a new victorious fair . Till you descending on our plains , With foreign force renew my chains ; Where now you rule without control The mighty sovereign of my soul . Your smiles have more ...
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... rest , 10 When from my eyes Phyllis is gone . Sometimes a sad dream does delude my sad mind ; But , alas ! when I wake , and no Phyllis I find , How I sigh to myself all alone ! Should a king be my rival in her I adore , He should offer ...
... rest , 10 When from my eyes Phyllis is gone . Sometimes a sad dream does delude my sad mind ; But , alas ! when I wake , and no Phyllis I find , How I sigh to myself all alone ! Should a king be my rival in her I adore , He should offer ...
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... rest must cease , And fly together with our country's peace ! No more must we sleep under plantain shade , 5 Which neither heat could pierce , nor cold invade 44 PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES . Prologue to the Indian Queen.
... rest must cease , And fly together with our country's peace ! No more must we sleep under plantain shade , 5 Which neither heat could pierce , nor cold invade 44 PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES . Prologue to the Indian Queen.
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... rest , 35 As when a parrot's taught to break a jest . Thus , aiming to be fine , they make a show , As tawdry squires in country churches do . Things well consider'd , ' tis so hard to make A comedy , which should the knowing take ...
... rest , 35 As when a parrot's taught to break a jest . Thus , aiming to be fine , they make a show , As tawdry squires in country churches do . Things well consider'd , ' tis so hard to make A comedy , which should the knowing take ...
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... rests , and what is conquer'd , of the way . Here , free yourselves from envy , care , and strife , 5 * Several gentlemen , who had adhered to their principles of loyalty during the usurpation of Cromwell , and the exile of the royal ...
... rests , and what is conquer'd , of the way . Here , free yourselves from envy , care , and strife , 5 * Several gentlemen , who had adhered to their principles of loyalty during the usurpation of Cromwell , and the exile of the royal ...
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