The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3Little, Brown, & Company; Shepard, Clark & Brown, 1859 |
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Page 33
... true After fate will renew , For the souls to meet closer above . 30 SONG OF THE SEA - FIGHT , IN AMBOYNA . WHO ever saw a noble sight , That never view'd a brave sea - fight ! Hang up your bloody colours in the air , Up with your ...
... true After fate will renew , For the souls to meet closer above . 30 SONG OF THE SEA - FIGHT , IN AMBOYNA . WHO ever saw a noble sight , That never view'd a brave sea - fight ! Hang up your bloody colours in the air , Up with your ...
Page 46
... true , you have marks enough , the plot , the show , The poet's scenes , nay , more , the painter's too ; If all this fail , considering the cost , ' Tis a true voyage to the Indies lost : 15 But if you smile on all , then these designs ...
... true , you have marks enough , the plot , the show , The poet's scenes , nay , more , the painter's too ; If all this fail , considering the cost , ' Tis a true voyage to the Indies lost : 15 But if you smile on all , then these designs ...
Page 53
... true : You are chang'd too , and your pretence to see Is but a nobler name for charity . 10 15 Your own provisions furnish out our feasts , While you the founders make yourselves the guests . Of all mankind beside fate had some care ...
... true : You are chang'd too , and your pretence to see Is but a nobler name for charity . 10 15 Your own provisions furnish out our feasts , While you the founders make yourselves the guests . Of all mankind beside fate had some care ...
Page 55
... true ; That what this poet writes comes short of you , And imitates you ill ( which most he fears ) , Or else his writing is not worse than theirs . Yet though you judge ( as sure the critics will ) , That some before him writ with ...
... true ; That what this poet writes comes short of you , And imitates you ill ( which most he fears ) , Or else his writing is not worse than theirs . Yet though you judge ( as sure the critics will ) , That some before him writ with ...
Page 56
... true , They have no more religion , faith Interest's the god they worship in their state ; And you , I take it , have not much of that . Well , monarchies may own religion's name , But states are atheists in their very frame . They ...
... true , They have no more religion , faith Interest's the god they worship in their state ; And you , I take it , have not much of that . Well , monarchies may own religion's name , But states are atheists in their very frame . They ...
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