The Poetical Works of John Dryden, 2. köideLittle, Brown, & Company; Shepard, Clark & Brown, 1859 |
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... 'd by her bounties ' plenteous spring , Reviving widows smile , and orphans sing . Oh ! when rebellious Israel's crimes at height 65 Are threaten'd with her lord's approaching fate , The piety ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL . 3.
... 'd by her bounties ' plenteous spring , Reviving widows smile , and orphans sing . Oh ! when rebellious Israel's crimes at height 65 Are threaten'd with her lord's approaching fate , The piety ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL . 3.
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... fate ! Trust was no more , art , science , useless made , All occupations lost but Corah's trade . Meanwhile a guard on modest Corah wait , If not for safety , needful yet for state . 70 75 80 Well might he deem each peer and prince his ...
... fate ! Trust was no more , art , science , useless made , All occupations lost but Corah's trade . Meanwhile a guard on modest Corah wait , If not for safety , needful yet for state . 70 75 80 Well might he deem each peer and prince his ...
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... fate surrounded lies , Who reach , lay hold on death that miss the prize . Did you for this expose yourself to show , And to the crowd bow popularly low ? 190 For this your glorious progress next ordain , With chariots , horsemen , and ...
... fate surrounded lies , Who reach , lay hold on death that miss the prize . Did you for this expose yourself to show , And to the crowd bow popularly low ? 190 For this your glorious progress next ordain , With chariots , horsemen , and ...
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... fate , 205 210 Who saving his own neck not sav'd the state ? From hence on every humorous wind that veer'd , With shifted sails a several course you steer'd . What form or sway did David e'er pursue , That seem'd like absolute , but ...
... fate , 205 210 Who saving his own neck not sav'd the state ? From hence on every humorous wind that veer'd , With shifted sails a several course you steer'd . What form or sway did David e'er pursue , That seem'd like absolute , but ...
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... fate that to the gallows led The dog that never heard the statute read . Railing in other men may be a crime , But ought to pass for mere instinct in him : Instinct he follows , and no farther knows , For to write verse with him is to ...
... fate that to the gallows led The dog that never heard the statute read . Railing in other men may be a crime , But ought to pass for mere instinct in him : Instinct he follows , and no farther knows , For to write verse with him is to ...
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ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL Achitophel Æsop ALPHEUS FELCH Amyntas Arius betwixt blessing blest blood breast cause charity charms Church common conscience COUNTESS OF ABINGDON crimes crowd crown crown'd Curtana dare David's defence design'd divine doctrine Duke Duke of York e'en Earl Eliab Elkanah Settle EPISTLE eyes faction faith fame fate fear foes forc'd give grace hand happy hast heaven Hebron Hind honour Jebusites kind king land laws liv'd live Lord mighty mind muse ne'er never numbers o'er once Orig Panther Papists peace penal laws Phaleg pious plain pleas'd plot poem poets Popish Plot praise pretend pride prince promis'd prophet race rage reason rebel reign religion rest royal sacred satire Scripture sects sense Shadwell soul sure sway Tetragrammaton thee thou thought throne toil true trust truth Twas UNIV verse virtue wise writ youth zeal
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Page 238 - Nay, let thy men of wit, too, be the same, All full of thee, and differing but in name. But let no alien Sedley interpose, To lard with wit thy hungry Epsom prose.
Page 126 - 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 267 - 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 87 - ... goodness can Extend the merits of that Son to man ? Who knows what reasons may his mercy lead, Or ignorance invincible may plead ? Not only charity bids hope the best, But more the great apostle has...
Page 233 - Through all the realms of Nonsense, absolute. This aged prince, now flourishing in peace, And blest with issue of a large increase...
Page 288 - Still showed a quickness; and maturing time But mellows what we write to the dull sweets of rhyme. Once more, hail, and farewell; farewell, thou young, But ah, too short, Marcellus of our tongue! Thy brows with ivy and with laurels bound; But fate and gloomy night encompass thee around.
Page 126 - 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 233 - Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity : The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense.
Page 240 - In thy felonious heart though venom lies It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies.* Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen iambics, but mild anagram. Leave writing plays, and choose for thy command Some peaceful province in acrostic land: There thou mayest wings display and altars raise,* And torture one poor word ten thousand ways.
Page 238 - Amen'. Then thus continued he, 'My son, advance Still in new impudence, new ignorance. Success let others teach, learn thou from me Pangs without birth, and fruitless industry. Let Virtuosos in five years be writ; Yet not one thought accuse thy toil of wit.