The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3W. Pickering, 1832 |
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... desire ; My death's wound you give , though far off I bear My fall from your sight - not to cost you a tear : But if the kind flood on a wave should convey , And under your window my body should lay , The wound on my breast when you ...
... desire ; My death's wound you give , though far off I bear My fall from your sight - not to cost you a tear : But if the kind flood on a wave should convey , And under your window my body should lay , The wound on my breast when you ...
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... desires , Has broken his bow , and extinguish'd his fires : And vows that himself and his mother will mourn , Till Pan and fair Syrinx in triumph return . Forbear your addresses , and court us no more , For we will perform what the ...
... desires , Has broken his bow , and extinguish'd his fires : And vows that himself and his mother will mourn , Till Pan and fair Syrinx in triumph return . Forbear your addresses , and court us no more , For we will perform what the ...
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... desire . At last divine Cecilia came , Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast , from her sacred store , Enlarg'd the former narrow bounds , And added length to solemn sounds , 165 With nature's mother - wit , and arts ...
... desire . At last divine Cecilia came , Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast , from her sacred store , Enlarg'd the former narrow bounds , And added length to solemn sounds , 165 With nature's mother - wit , and arts ...
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... : From without , my desire Has no food to its fire ; But it burns and consumes me within . SHE . Yet , at least , ' tis a pleasure to know That you are not unhappy alone : For the nymph you adore Is as wretched , and 30 THE POEMS.
... : From without , my desire Has no food to its fire ; But it burns and consumes me within . SHE . Yet , at least , ' tis a pleasure to know That you are not unhappy alone : For the nymph you adore Is as wretched , and 30 THE POEMS.
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... desires , What charming objects dost thou yield ! " Tis sweet , when tedious night expires , To see the rosy morning gild The mountain - tops , and paint the field ! But when Clarinda comes in sight , She makes the summer's day more ...
... desires , What charming objects dost thou yield ! " Tis sweet , when tedious night expires , To see the rosy morning gild The mountain - tops , and paint the field ! But when Clarinda comes in sight , She makes the summer's day more ...
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