The Works of John Dryden, in Verse and Prose: With a Life, 2. köideHarper, 1847 |
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... rhyme . I'll teach you how to brag another time . DAMETAS . Rhymer , come on ! and do the worst you can . I fear not you , nor yet a better man . With silence , neighbour , and attention , wait : For ' tis a business of a high debate ...
... rhyme . I'll teach you how to brag another time . DAMETAS . Rhymer , come on ! and do the worst you can . I fear not you , nor yet a better man . With silence , neighbour , and attention , wait : For ' tis a business of a high debate ...
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... rhymes , Renews its finish'd course : Saturnian times Roll round again ; and mighty years , begun From their first orb in radiant circles run . The base degen'rate iron offspring ends ; A golden progeny from heaven descends . O chaste ...
... rhymes , Renews its finish'd course : Saturnian times Roll round again ; and mighty years , begun From their first orb in radiant circles run . The base degen'rate iron offspring ends ; A golden progeny from heaven descends . O chaste ...
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... rhyme the ready champion chose : These Corydon rehears'd , and Thyrsis those . CORYDON .. Ye muses , ever fair and ever young , Assist my numbers and inspire my song . With all my Codrus , O ! inspire my breast ; For Codrus , after ...
... rhyme the ready champion chose : These Corydon rehears'd , and Thyrsis those . CORYDON .. Ye muses , ever fair and ever young , Assist my numbers and inspire my song . With all my Codrus , O ! inspire my breast ; For Codrus , after ...
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... rhymes I did to memory commend , When vanquish'd Thyrsis did in vain contend ; Since when ' tis Corydon among the swains , Young Corydon without a rival reigns . PASTORAL VIII . OR PHARMACEUTRIA . ARGUMENT . This pastoral contains the ...
... rhymes I did to memory commend , When vanquish'd Thyrsis did in vain contend ; Since when ' tis Corydon among the swains , Young Corydon without a rival reigns . PASTORAL VIII . OR PHARMACEUTRIA . ARGUMENT . This pastoral contains the ...
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... rhymes Prevail as much in these hard iron times , As would a plump of trembling fowl , that rise Against an eagle ... rhyme , Shall raise aloft , and soaring bear above- Th ' immortal gift of gratitude to Jove . " LYCIDAS . Sing on ...
... rhymes Prevail as much in these hard iron times , As would a plump of trembling fowl , that rise Against an eagle ... rhyme , Shall raise aloft , and soaring bear above- Th ' immortal gift of gratitude to Jove . " LYCIDAS . Sing on ...
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