The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3W. Pickering, 1832 |
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Page 11
... thou hadst plac'd such power before , Thou shouldst have made her mercy more . When Chloris to the temple comes , Adoring crowds before her fall ; She can restore the dead from tombs , And every life but mine recall . I only am by love ...
... thou hadst plac'd such power before , Thou shouldst have made her mercy more . When Chloris to the temple comes , Adoring crowds before her fall ; She can restore the dead from tombs , And every life but mine recall . I only am by love ...
Page 19
... Thou strength of his Almighty hand , 10 15 Whose power does heaven and earth command . Proceeding Spirit , our defence , Who dost the gifts of tongues dispense , And crown'st thy gift with eloquence ! Refine and purge our earthly parts ...
... Thou strength of his Almighty hand , 10 15 Whose power does heaven and earth command . Proceeding Spirit , our defence , Who dost the gifts of tongues dispense , And crown'st thy gift with eloquence ! Refine and purge our earthly parts ...
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... thou done To lay down thy pack , And lighten thy back , The world was a fool , e'er since it begun , And since neither Janus , nor Chronos , nor I Can hinder the crimes , Or mend the bad times , ' Tis better to laugh than to cry ...
... thou done To lay down thy pack , And lighten thy back , The world was a fool , e'er since it begun , And since neither Janus , nor Chronos , nor I Can hinder the crimes , Or mend the bad times , ' Tis better to laugh than to cry ...
Page 27
... thou past ! Yet we thy ruin haste . As if the cares of human life were few , We seek out new : And follow fate , which would too fast pursue . See , how on every bough the birds express , In their sweet notes , their happiness . They ...
... thou past ! Yet we thy ruin haste . As if the cares of human life were few , We seek out new : And follow fate , which would too fast pursue . See , how on every bough the birds express , In their sweet notes , their happiness . They ...
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... Thou shalt be restor❜d again : Albion , lov'd of gods and men . Still thou art the care of heaven , In thy youth to exile driven : Heaven thy ruin then prevented , Till the guilty land repented : In thy age , when none could aid thee ...
... Thou shalt be restor❜d again : Albion , lov'd of gods and men . Still thou art the care of heaven , In thy youth to exile driven : Heaven thy ruin then prevented , Till the guilty land repented : In thy age , when none could aid thee ...
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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