The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3W. Pickering, 1832 |
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... around . 5 10 IV . YE blustering brethren of the skies , Whose breath has ruffled all the watery plain , Retire , and let Britannia rise , In triumph o'er the main . Serene and calm , and void of fear , The OF DRYDEN . 3377.
... around . 5 10 IV . YE blustering brethren of the skies , Whose breath has ruffled all the watery plain , Retire , and let Britannia rise , In triumph o'er the main . Serene and calm , and void of fear , The OF DRYDEN . 3377.
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John Dryden. Serene and calm , and void of fear , The Queen of Islands must appear : Serene and calm , as when the Spring The new created world began , And birds on boughs did softly sing Their peaceful homage paid to man ; While Eurus ...
John Dryden. Serene and calm , and void of fear , The Queen of Islands must appear : Serene and calm , as when the Spring The new created world began , And birds on boughs did softly sing Their peaceful homage paid to man ; While Eurus ...
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... fear these , our ene- That rather seem to us like deities ? [ mies , QUE . By their protection , let us beg to live ; They came not here to conquer , but forgive . If so , your goodness may your power express , And we shall judge both ...
... fear these , our ene- That rather seem to us like deities ? [ mies , QUE . By their protection , let us beg to live ; They came not here to conquer , but forgive . If so , your goodness may your power express , And we shall judge both ...
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... fear . He saw his but in so swift a pace , To choose the ground might be to lose the race . They then , who of each trip the advantage take , Find but those faults , which they want wit to make . EPILOGUE TO THE WILD GALLANT , WHEN ...
... fear . He saw his but in so swift a pace , To choose the ground might be to lose the race . They then , who of each trip the advantage take , Find but those faults , which they want wit to make . EPILOGUE TO THE WILD GALLANT , WHEN ...
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... fear scarce o'er , Expecting famine on a desert shore . From that hard climate we must wait for bread , Whence e'en the natives , forc'd by hunger , fled . Our stage does human chance present to view , But ne'er before was seen so sadly ...
... fear scarce o'er , Expecting famine on a desert shore . From that hard climate we must wait for bread , Whence e'en the natives , forc'd by hunger , fled . Our stage does human chance present to view , But ne'er before was seen so sadly ...
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Page 17 - 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 17 - See the Furies arise! See the snakes that they rear How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
Page 4 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Page 16 - Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee.
Page 4 - 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 - And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove, Who left his blissful seats above — Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Page 186 - Tales, their humours, their features, and the very dress, as distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark.
Page 12 - TwAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...
Page 183 - I have endeavoured to choose such fables, both ancient and modern, as contain in each of them some instructive moral ; which I could prove by induction, but the way is tedious ; and they leap foremost into sight, without the reader's trouble of looking after them. I wish I could affirm with a safe conscience, that I had taken the same care in all my former writings...
Page 14 - Flushed 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...