The poetical works of John Dryden, ed. by C.C. Clarke1874 |
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... fear . The ambitious Swede , 1 like restless billows tost , On this hand gaining what on that he lost , Though in his life he blood and ruin breathed , To his now guideless kingdom peace bequeath'd . And Heaven , that seem'd regardless ...
... fear . The ambitious Swede , 1 like restless billows tost , On this hand gaining what on that he lost , Though in his life he blood and ruin breathed , To his now guideless kingdom peace bequeath'd . And Heaven , that seem'd regardless ...
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... Till some safe crisis authorise their skill . Nor could his acts too close a vizard wear , 160 170 To ' scape their eyes whom guilt had taught to fear , 180 And guard with caution that polluted nest , Whence Legion 16 DRYDEN'S POEMS .
... Till some safe crisis authorise their skill . Nor could his acts too close a vizard wear , 160 170 To ' scape their eyes whom guilt had taught to fear , 180 And guard with caution that polluted nest , Whence Legion 16 DRYDEN'S POEMS .
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... fear , Which humble Holland must dissemble here . 1 Charles entered London on the 29th of May . .2 Star : ' said to have shone on the day of Charles ' birth , and outshone the sun . 1 Spain to your gift alone her Indies owes ; 20 ...
... fear , Which humble Holland must dissemble here . 1 Charles entered London on the 29th of May . .2 Star : ' said to have shone on the day of Charles ' birth , and outshone the sun . 1 Spain to your gift alone her Indies owes ; 20 ...
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... fear , May justly apprehend you still too near . At home the hateful names of parties cease , And factious souls are wearied into peace . The discontented now are only they Whose crimes before did your just cause betray : Of those ...
... fear , May justly apprehend you still too near . At home the hateful names of parties cease , And factious souls are wearied into peace . The discontented now are only they Whose crimes before did your just cause betray : Of those ...
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... fear my numbers stays ; No loyal subject dares that courage praise . In stately frigates most delight you find , Where well - drawn battles fire your martial mind . What to your cares we owe , is learnt from hence , When even your ...
... fear my numbers stays ; No loyal subject dares that courage praise . In stately frigates most delight you find , Where well - drawn battles fire your martial mind . What to your cares we owe , is learnt from hence , When even your ...
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Absalom Absalom and Achitophel Achitophel Albion and Albanius Amyntas Arcite beauty behold Bessus blessing blest blood bold breast Charles Charles II Chaucer Church crimes crowd crown cursed dare David's death design'd divine Dryden English eyes faction fair faith fame fate father fear fight fire foes fool force friends grace hand happy hast heart Heaven Hind honour hope Jebusites JOHN DRYDEN judge kind king labour land laws live lord mighty mind monarch Muse nature ne'er never noble numbers o'er once Ovid Panther peace plain play plot poem poet praise pretend prince Prologue race rage reign rest rhyme royal sacred satire Scripture sects seem'd sense Shadwell sight soul sure thee Theseus thou thought throne true truth twas University of Oxford verse Virgil virtue Whigs wind wise words write youth
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Page 30 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Page 62 - 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 90 - Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, 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 296 - But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day.
Page 111 - Gainst form and order they their power employ, Nothing to build and all things to destroy. But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. These out of mere instinct, they knew not why, Adored their fathers...
Page 100 - 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 295 - Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense.
Page 112 - He laughed himself from Court ; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief : For spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel ; Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left.
Page 96 - Of men by laws less circumscribed and bound, They led their wild desires to woods and caves And thought that all but savages were slaves.
Page 185 - I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.