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... you like not my Poem , the fault may possibly be in my writing , though it is hard for an author to judge against himself ; but more probably , it is in your morals , which cannot bear the truth of it 10 ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL .
... you like not my Poem , the fault may possibly be in my writing , though it is hard for an author to judge against himself ; but more probably , it is in your morals , which cannot bear the truth of it 10 ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL .
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British poets. your morals , which cannot bear the truth of it . The violent on both sides will condemn the cha- racter of Absalom ' , as either too favourably or too hardly drawn : but they are not the violent whom I desire to please ...
British poets. your morals , which cannot bear the truth of it . The violent on both sides will condemn the cha- racter of Absalom ' , as either too favourably or too hardly drawn : but they are not the violent whom I desire to please ...
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... bear ; Is ' t after God's own heart to cheat his heir ? He to his brother gives supreme command , To you a legacy of barren land ; Perhaps the ' old harp , on which he thrums his lays , Or some dull Hebrew ballad in your praise . Then ...
... bear ; Is ' t after God's own heart to cheat his heir ? He to his brother gives supreme command , To you a legacy of barren land ; Perhaps the ' old harp , on which he thrums his lays , Or some dull Hebrew ballad in your praise . Then ...
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... bear . Yet , since they will divert my native course , ' Tis time to show I am not good by force . Those heap'd affronts that haughty subjects bring , Are burdens for a camel , not a king . Kings are the public pillars of the state ...
... bear . Yet , since they will divert my native course , ' Tis time to show I am not good by force . Those heap'd affronts that haughty subjects bring , Are burdens for a camel , not a king . Kings are the public pillars of the state ...
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... bear that prize of duty home , So bravely sought while sought by Absalom . Ah , prince ! the ' illustrious planet of thy birth , And thy more powerful virtue guard thy worth , That no Achitophel thy ruin boast ; Israel too much in one ...
... bear that prize of duty home , So bravely sought while sought by Absalom . Ah , prince ! the ' illustrious planet of thy birth , And thy more powerful virtue guard thy worth , That no Achitophel thy ruin boast ; Israel too much in one ...
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Absalom ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL Achitophel allow'd Amynta arms beauty bless bless'd blood breast call'd cause charms church common conscience court crimes crowd crown curse damn'd dare David's design'd DUKE OF GUISE e'en ease Eliab ephod eyes faction fair faith fame fate fear foes fools friends give grace heart Heaven Hebron Hind honour hope Ishbosheth Israel Jebusites Jews JOHN DRYDEN judge kind king land laws learn'd live mighty monarch Muse native ne'er never numbers o'er once pains Panther peace Phaleg plain play plot poets possess'd praise pretend prince prove race rage rebel reign rest rhyme royal sacred sanhedrims satire Scripture sects sense Shadwell Shimei sighing soul stand sure sway thee thou thought throne Tis true treason trust truth twas UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Uzza verse virtue whate'er Whigs wind wise writ write youth zeal
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Page 20 - A fiery soul which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit...
Page 285 - 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 95 - Tis true she bounded by and tripped so light, They had not time to take a steady sight ; For truth has such a face and such a mien As to be loved needs only to be seen.
Page 15 - Promiscuous use of concubine and bride ; Then Israel's monarch after heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives and slaves ; and wide as his command, Scatter'd his Maker's image through the land.
Page 20 - In friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolved to ruin or to rule the state...
Page 261 - Another's diving bow he did adore, Which with a shog casts all the hair before, Till he, with full decorum, brings it back, And rises with a water-spaniel shake. As for his songs, the ladies' dear delight, These sure he took from most of you who write.
Page 84 - And in his father's right and realm's defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit nor truce with sense. The king himself the sacred unction made, As king by office and as priest by trade. In his sinister hand, instead of ball, He placed a mighty mug of potent ale;
Page 142 - With loss of all that mortals hold so dear. Then welcome infamy and public shame, And last, a long farewell to worldly fame ! 'Tis said with ease ; but, oh, how hardly...
Page 286 - Blest above; So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky!
Page 94 - A MILK-WHITE Hind, immortal and unchanged, Fed on the lawns and in the forest ranged ; Without unspotted, innocent within, She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.