The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, Volume 1Harper, 1847 |
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Page 10
... E'en then took care to lay you softly by ; And wrapp'd your fate among her precious things , your king's . Kept fresh to be unfolded with Shown all at once you dazzled so our eyes , As new - born Pallas did the gods surprise : When ...
... E'en then took care to lay you softly by ; And wrapp'd your fate among her precious things , your king's . Kept fresh to be unfolded with Shown all at once you dazzled so our eyes , As new - born Pallas did the gods surprise : When ...
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... E'en those , whom want might drive to just de- spair , Think life a blessing under such a king . Meantime he sadly suffers in their grief , Out - weeps a hermit , and out - prays a saint : All the night long he studies their relief ...
... E'en those , whom want might drive to just de- spair , Think life a blessing under such a king . Meantime he sadly suffers in their grief , Out - weeps a hermit , and out - prays a saint : All the night long he studies their relief ...
Page 34
... E'en he , who would himself the most despise ? I , who so wise and humble seem to be , Now my own vanity and pride can't see , While the world's nonsense is so sharply shown , We pull down others but to raise our own ; That we may ...
... E'en he , who would himself the most despise ? I , who so wise and humble seem to be , Now my own vanity and pride can't see , While the world's nonsense is so sharply shown , We pull down others but to raise our own ; That we may ...
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... truth proclaim ; His loyalty the king , the world his fame . His mercy e'en the offending crowd will find ; For sure he comes of a forgiving kind . Why should I then repine at heaven's decree , Which ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL . 4i.
... truth proclaim ; His loyalty the king , the world his fame . His mercy e'en the offending crowd will find ; For sure he comes of a forgiving kind . Why should I then repine at heaven's decree , Which ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL . 4i.
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... e'en in the worst of days ; Some let me name , and naming is to praise . years . In this short file * Barzillai first appears ; Barzillai , crown'd with honour and with Long since the rising rebels he withstood In regions waste beyond ...
... e'en in the worst of days ; Some let me name , and naming is to praise . years . In this short file * Barzillai first appears ; Barzillai , crown'd with honour and with Long since the rising rebels he withstood In regions waste beyond ...
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