The Poetical Works of John Dryden ..Bell and Daldy, 1866 |
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... arms require , And to my father's wars I flew entire . My regal power how will my foes resent , When I myself have scarce my own consent ? 130 Give me a son's unblemish'd truth again , Or quench the sparks of duty that remain . How ...
... arms require , And to my father's wars I flew entire . My regal power how will my foes resent , When I myself have scarce my own consent ? 130 Give me a son's unblemish'd truth again , Or quench the sparks of duty that remain . How ...
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... arms I rose , Those very arms on me shall be employ'd , A new usurper crown'd , and I destroy'd : The same pretence of public good will hold , And new Achitophels be found as bold To urge the needful change , perhaps the old . 155 He ...
... arms I rose , Those very arms on me shall be employ'd , A new usurper crown'd , and I destroy'd : The same pretence of public good will hold , And new Achitophels be found as bold To urge the needful change , perhaps the old . 155 He ...
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... arms ; Nor boots it on what cause at first they join , Their troops , once up , are tools for our design . At least such subtle covenants shall be made , Till peace itself is war in masquerade . Associations of mysterious sense ...
... arms ; Nor boots it on what cause at first they join , Their troops , once up , are tools for our design . At least such subtle covenants shall be made , Till peace itself is war in masquerade . Associations of mysterious sense ...
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... arms he fail'd not to lay hold 534 But in the sacred annals of our plot , Industrious Arod never be forgot ] 535 Arod , Sir William Waller , son to him who had done so much service to the long parliament . He upheld the exclu- sion bill ...
... arms he fail'd not to lay hold 534 But in the sacred annals of our plot , Industrious Arod never be forgot ] 535 Arod , Sir William Waller , son to him who had done so much service to the long parliament . He upheld the exclu- sion bill ...
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... arms , particularly in Holland , rendered him formidable all over Europe ; while England , who has it so much in her power to command respect , was scarcely regarded . Weakened by domestic dis- 560 As when a battering storm engender'd ...
... arms , particularly in Holland , rendered him formidable all over Europe ; while England , who has it so much in her power to command respect , was scarcely regarded . Weakened by domestic dis- 560 As when a battering storm engender'd ...
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Page 279 - Those clothed with flesh, and life inspires the dead ; The sacred poets first shall hear the sound, And foremost from the tomb shall bound, For they are cover'd with the lightest ground ; And straight, with in-born vigour, on the wing, Like mounting larks, to the new. morning sing. There thou, sweet saint, before the quire shalt go, As harbinger of heaven, the way to show, The way which thou so well hast learn'd below.
Page 260 - 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 115 - Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task; my doubts are done: What more could fright my faith, than Three in One?
Page 18 - Round as a globe, and liquor'd every chink, Goodly and great he sails behind his link; With all this bulk there's nothing lost in Og, For every inch that is not fool is rogue: A monstrous mass of foul corrupted matter, As all the devils had spew'd to make the batter.
Page 115 - But, gracious God ! how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the' abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight.
Page 251 - tis impossible you should proceed. Already I am worn with cares and age, And just abandoning the ungrateful stage : Unprofitably kept at Heaven's expense, I live a rent-charge on His providence : But you, whom every Muse and grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born. Be kind to my remains; and oh, defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend! Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to you : And take for tribute what these lines express; You...
Page 76 - Whence, but from heaven, could men unskill'd in arts, In several ages born, in several parts, Weave such agreeing truths ? or how, or why, Should all conspire to cheat us with a lie ? Unask'd their pains, ungrateful their advice, Starving their gain, and martyrdom their price.
Page 216 - Through all the realms of Nonsense absolute. This aged prince, now flourishing in peace, And blest with issue of a large increase, Worn out with business, did at length debate To settle the succession of the...
Page 217 - Even I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before but to prepare thy way; And coarsely clad in Norwich drugget came To teach the nations in thy greater name.
Page 251 - That early promise this has more than paid. So bold, yet so judiciously you dare, That your least praise is to be regular. Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught.