The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3G. Bell & sons, 1891 |
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... dream does delude my sad mind ; But , alas ! when I wake , and no Phyllis I find , How I sigh to myself all alone ! Should a king be my rival in her I adore , " 15 He should offer his treasure in vain : O , let me alone to be happy and ...
... dream does delude my sad mind ; But , alas ! when I wake , and no Phyllis I find , How I sigh to myself all alone ! Should a king be my rival in her I adore , " 15 He should offer his treasure in vain : O , let me alone to be happy and ...
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... dream of seven lean kine , And chang'd his vision for the Muses nine . The comet , that , they say , portends a dearth , 20 Was but a vapour drawn from playhouse earth • OF DRYDEN . 81 Prologue to the Loyal Brother An Epilogue for the ...
... dream of seven lean kine , And chang'd his vision for the Muses nine . The comet , that , they say , portends a dearth , 20 Was but a vapour drawn from playhouse earth • OF DRYDEN . 81 Prologue to the Loyal Brother An Epilogue for the ...
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... dreams to fright thee after fate ? 180 No ghost , no goblins , that still passage keep ; But all is there serene , in that eternal sleep . For all the dismal tales that Poets tell , Are verified on earth , and not in hell . No Tantalus ...
... dreams to fright thee after fate ? 180 No ghost , no goblins , that still passage keep ; But all is there serene , in that eternal sleep . For all the dismal tales that Poets tell , Are verified on earth , and not in hell . No Tantalus ...
Page 159
... dreams and sickly thoughts revolving in thy Eternal troubles haunt thy anxious mind , [ breast . Whose cause and cure thou never hop'st to find ; But still uncertain , with thyself at strife , Thou wanderest in the labyrinth of life . O ...
... dreams and sickly thoughts revolving in thy Eternal troubles haunt thy anxious mind , [ breast . Whose cause and cure thou never hop'st to find ; But still uncertain , with thyself at strife , Thou wanderest in the labyrinth of life . O ...
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... conclude in rage . This when he had endur'd a year and more , Now wholly chang'd from what he was before , It happen'd once , that , slumbering as he lay , 545 540 555 He dream'd , ( his dream began at break 224 THE POEMS.
... conclude in rage . This when he had endur'd a year and more , Now wholly chang'd from what he was before , It happen'd once , that , slumbering as he lay , 545 540 555 He dream'd , ( his dream began at break 224 THE POEMS.
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Page 15 - And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Page 12 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
Page 16 - Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute, Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame; The sweet enthusiast from her sacred store Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before — Let old Timotheus yield the prize Or both divide the crown; He raised a mortal to the skies; She drew an...
Page 18 - Chase from our minds the infernal foe, And peace, the fruit of love, bestow ; And, lest our feet should step astray, Protect and guide us in the way. Make us eternal truths receive, And practise all that we believe : Give us thyself, that we may see The Father, and the Son, by thee. Immortal honor, endless fame, Attend the...
Page 2 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell That spoke so sweetly and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell!
Page 13 - Revolving in his alter'd soul The various turns of Chance below; And now and then a sigh he stole And tears began to flow.
Page 2 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Page 3 - But Oh! what art can teach, What human voice can reach The sacred organ's praise? Notes inspiring holy love, Notes that wing their heavenly ways To mend the choirs above.
Page 14 - Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee.
Page 175 - Wife of Bath. But enough of this: there is such a variety of game springing up before me, that I am distracted in my choice, and know not which to follow. 'Tis sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty...