The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3W. Pickering, 1832 |
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... soul . Your smiles have more of conquering charms Than all your native country arms : Their troops we can expel with ease , Who vanquish only when we please . But in your eyes , oh ! there's the spell , Who can see them , and not rebel ...
... soul . Your smiles have more of conquering charms Than all your native country arms : Their troops we can expel with ease , Who vanquish only when we please . But in your eyes , oh ! there's the spell , Who can see them , and not rebel ...
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... soul does inspire ; That treasure , that treasure alone , I beg for my own . Your love let me crave ; Give me in possessing 5 10 So matchless a blessing ; That empire is all I OF DRYDEN . Song, High state and honours to others impart.
... soul does inspire ; That treasure , that treasure alone , I beg for my own . Your love let me crave ; Give me in possessing 5 10 So matchless a blessing ; That empire is all I OF DRYDEN . Song, High state and honours to others impart.
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... souls oppress'd , and dumb with grief , The gods ordain this kind relief ; That music should in sounds convey What dying lovers dare not say . 15 5 A sigh or tear , perhaps , she'll give , But love on pity cannot live . 10 Tell her that ...
... souls oppress'd , and dumb with grief , The gods ordain this kind relief ; That music should in sounds convey What dying lovers dare not say . 15 5 A sigh or tear , perhaps , she'll give , But love on pity cannot live . 10 Tell her that ...
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... soul The various turns of chance below ; And , now and then , a sigh he stole ; And tears began to flow . V. The ... soul to pleasures . 80 85 90 35 95 War , he sung , is toil and trouble ; OF DRYDEN . 15.
... soul The various turns of chance below ; And , now and then , a sigh he stole ; And tears began to flow . V. The ... soul to pleasures . 80 85 90 35 95 War , he sung , is toil and trouble ; OF DRYDEN . 15.
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... soul to rage , or kindle soft 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 ...
... soul to rage , or kindle soft 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 ...
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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