Poems and Prose of John DrydenPenguin Books, 1955 - 356 pages |
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Page 91
... blessed who live to bless . As Ceres sowed where'er her chariot flew , As heav'n in deserts rained the bread of dew , So free to many , to relations most , You feed with manna your own Israel - host . With crowds attended of your ...
... blessed who live to bless . As Ceres sowed where'er her chariot flew , As heav'n in deserts rained the bread of dew , So free to many , to relations most , You feed with manna your own Israel - host . With crowds attended of your ...
Page 126
... blessing , Or worth the possessing , 6 Can life be a blessing if love were away ? Ah no ! though our love all night keep us waking , And though he torment us with cares all the day , Yet he sweetens , he sweetens our pains in the taking ...
... blessing , Or worth the possessing , 6 Can life be a blessing if love were away ? Ah no ! though our love all night keep us waking , And though he torment us with cares all the day , Yet he sweetens , he sweetens our pains in the taking ...
Page 356
... blessing Chronos , Chronos , mend thy pace Dim , as the borrowed beams of moon and stars Doeg , though without ... blessed is he , who leads a country life 98 89 How happy the lover 129 I feed a flame within which so torments me In ...
... blessing Chronos , Chronos , mend thy pace Dim , as the borrowed beams of moon and stars Doeg , though without ... blessed is he , who leads a country life 98 89 How happy the lover 129 I feed a flame within which so torments me In ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
PROLOGUE TO THE TEMPEST 1670 | 97 |
PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY | 104 |
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Absalom ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL Achitophel ancients ARIMANT Aristotle arms AURENG-ZEBE beauty Ben Jonson betwixt blank verse blessed Chaucer CHAWN comedy crime Crites crowd crown cursed dare David death DIANET disdain Dryden Edmund Berry Godfrey EMPEROR English Eugenius ev'n ev'ry eyes fame fate father fear foes fortune French give grace hate heart heav'n honour humour INDAMORA Jebusites Jonson judgement kind King laws Lisideius live Lord Mac Flecknoe MELESINDA mind MORAT muse nature ne'er never NOURMAHAL numbers o'er Ovid pains passion peace pity play pleasure Plot poem poesy poet Popish Plot pow'r praise prince reason reign rhyme Sanhedrin satire scene sense Shadwell Shadwell's Shakespeare shun Silent Woman soul speak stage thee Thomas Shadwell thou thought throne Titus Oates tragedy truth twas Virgil virtue words writ write youth