The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3W. Pickering, 1832 |
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... dead . Then cold , and hot , and moist , and dry , In order to their stations leap , And Music's power obey . From harmony , from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes ...
... dead . Then cold , and hot , and moist , and dry , In order to their stations leap , And Music's power obey . From harmony , from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes ...
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... dead shall live , the living die , And Music shall untune the sky . 55 60 SONG . FAREWELL , FAIR ARMIDA . * FAREWELL , fair Armida , my joy and my grief , In vain I have lov'd you , and hope no relief ; Undone by your virtue , too ...
... dead shall live , the living die , And Music shall untune the sky . 55 60 SONG . FAREWELL , FAIR ARMIDA . * FAREWELL , fair Armida , my joy and my grief , In vain I have lov'd you , and hope no relief ; Undone by your virtue , too ...
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... ; She can restore the dead from tombs , And every life but mine recall . I only am by love design'd To be the victim for mankind . 5 10 15 20 ALEXANDER'S FEAST ; OR , THE POWER OF MUSIC ; OF DRYDEN , 11 Song to a Fair Young Lady.
... ; She can restore the dead from tombs , And every life but mine recall . I only am by love design'd To be the victim for mankind . 5 10 15 20 ALEXANDER'S FEAST ; OR , THE POWER OF MUSIC ; OF DRYDEN , 11 Song to a Fair Young Lady.
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... dead , And amaz'd , he stares around . Revenge , revenge , Timotheus cries , See the furies arise : See the snakes that they rear , How they hiss in their hair , 130 And the sparkles that flash from their eyes ! . Behold a ghastly band ...
... dead , And amaz'd , he stares around . Revenge , revenge , Timotheus cries , See the furies arise : See the snakes that they rear , How they hiss in their hair , 130 And the sparkles that flash from their eyes ! . Behold a ghastly band ...
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... dead . But , were they now to write , when critics weigh Each line , and every word , thoughout a play , None of them , no not Jonson in his height , Could pass , without allowing grains for weight . Think it not envy , that these ...
... dead . But , were they now to write , when critics weigh Each line , and every word , thoughout a play , None of them , no not Jonson in his height , Could pass , without allowing grains for weight . Think it not envy , that these ...
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ALBION AND ALBANIUS Arcite arms beauty behold betwixt blood breast call'd chang'd Chaucer court damn dare dead death delight disdain Dryden e'en e'er Emily English EPILOGUE eyes fair fate fear fight fire fool fops forc'd GEORGE ETHERIDGE grace happy haste heart heaven honour hope humour JOHN DRYDEN joys judge kind king ladies live lord Lord Roscommon Lucretius mighty mind monarch mortal muse nature ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er once Ovid Oxford bells pain Palamon Pindar plain play pleas'd pleasure poet poetry prince PROLOGUE queen race rais'd reign rest reviving play rhyme sacred scarce scenes sense sleep song Sophocles soul stage strife sweet theatres Thebes thee Theocritus Theseus THESPIS things thou thought translated true twas UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD verse Virgil whate'er Whig words wretch writ write youth