The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3W. Pickering, 1832 |
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... . AMYNTAS . Body join'd to body , and heart join'd to heart , To make sure of the cure , 25 Go call the man in black , to mumble o'er his part . PHILLIS . But suppose he should stay · 30 AMYNTAS . At worst if he delay , ' Tis 26 THE POEMS.
... . AMYNTAS . Body join'd to body , and heart join'd to heart , To make sure of the cure , 25 Go call the man in black , to mumble o'er his part . PHILLIS . But suppose he should stay · 30 AMYNTAS . At worst if he delay , ' Tis 26 THE POEMS.
Page 52
... sure the critics will ) , That some before him writ with greater skill , In this one praise he has their fame surpast , To please an age more gallant than the last . 25 30 PROLOGUE TO AMBOYNA . 5 As needy gallants in the 52 THE POEMS.
... sure the critics will ) , That some before him writ with greater skill , In this one praise he has their fame surpast , To please an age more gallant than the last . 25 30 PROLOGUE TO AMBOYNA . 5 As needy gallants in the 52 THE POEMS.
Page 54
... sure to show . View then their falsehoods , rapine , cruelty ; And think what once they were , they still would be : But hope not either language , plot , or art ; ' Twas writ in haste , but with an English heart : And least hope wit ...
... sure to show . View then their falsehoods , rapine , cruelty ; And think what once they were , they still would be : But hope not either language , plot , or art ; ' Twas writ in haste , but with an English heart : And least hope wit ...
Page 57
... sure ' tis understood , That French machines have ne'er done England I would not prophesy our house's fate : [ good . But while vain shows and scenes you overrate , ' Tis to be fear'd · That as a fire the former house o'erthrew ...
... sure ' tis understood , That French machines have ne'er done England I would not prophesy our house's fate : [ good . But while vain shows and scenes you overrate , ' Tis to be fear'd · That as a fire the former house o'erthrew ...
Page 58
... sure are you above all mortal kind , If to your fortunes you can suit your mind : Content to see , and shun , those ills we show , And crimes on theatres alone to know . With joy we bring what our dead authors writ , And beg from you ...
... sure are you above all mortal kind , If to your fortunes you can suit your mind : Content to see , and shun , those ills we show , And crimes on theatres alone to know . With joy we bring what our dead authors writ , And beg from you ...
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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