The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3W. Pickering, 1832 |
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Page 31
... true After fate will renew , For the souls to meet closer above . 30 SONG OF THE SEA - FIGHT , IN AMBOYNA . WHO ever saw a noble sight , That never view'd a brave sea - fight ! Hang up your bloody colours in the air , Up with your ...
... true After fate will renew , For the souls to meet closer above . 30 SONG OF THE SEA - FIGHT , IN AMBOYNA . WHO ever saw a noble sight , That never view'd a brave sea - fight ! Hang up your bloody colours in the air , Up with your ...
Page 44
... true , you have marks enough , the plot , the show , The poet's scenes , nay , more , the painter's too ; If all this fail , considering the cost , ' Tis a true voyage to the Indies lost : 15 But if you smile on all , then these designs ...
... true , you have marks enough , the plot , the show , The poet's scenes , nay , more , the painter's too ; If all this fail , considering the cost , ' Tis a true voyage to the Indies lost : 15 But if you smile on all , then these designs ...
Page 50
... true : You are chang'd too , and your pretence to see Is but a nobler name for charity . 10 15 20 Your own provisions furnish out our feasts , 50 THE POEMS Prologue, spoken the first day of the King's House acting after the fire.
... true : You are chang'd too , and your pretence to see Is but a nobler name for charity . 10 15 20 Your own provisions furnish out our feasts , 50 THE POEMS Prologue, spoken the first day of the King's House acting after the fire.
Page 52
... true ; That what this poet writes comes short of you , And imitates you ill ( which most he fears ) , Or else his writing is not worse than theirs . Yet though you judge ( as sure the critics will ) , That some before him writ with ...
... true ; That what this poet writes comes short of you , And imitates you ill ( which most he fears ) , Or else his writing is not worse than theirs . Yet though you judge ( as sure the critics will ) , That some before him writ with ...
Page 53
... true , They have no more religion , faith - than you ; Interest's the god they worship in their state ; And you , I take it , have not much of that . Well , monarchies may own religion's name , But states are atheists in their very ...
... true , They have no more religion , faith - than you ; Interest's the god they worship in their state ; And you , I take it , have not much of that . Well , monarchies may own religion's name , But states are atheists in their very ...
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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