John Dryden, a Study of His PoetryH. Holt, 1946 - 298 pages |
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Page 97
... death exempts him , and wards off the blow , Which we , the living , only feel and bear , ) What is there left for us in death to fear ? When once that pause of life has come between , ' Tis just the same as we had never been . The ...
... death exempts him , and wards off the blow , Which we , the living , only feel and bear , ) What is there left for us in death to fear ? When once that pause of life has come between , ' Tis just the same as we had never been . The ...
Page 123
... deaths can supply but few materials for a poet , " wrote Dr. Johnson ; and Gold- smith thought there was nothing new to be said upon the death of a friend after the standard classical elegies . Dryden's temper seems anything but elegiac ...
... deaths can supply but few materials for a poet , " wrote Dr. Johnson ; and Gold- smith thought there was nothing new to be said upon the death of a friend after the standard classical elegies . Dryden's temper seems anything but elegiac ...
Page 286
... Death of Mr. Henry Purcell , 200 86 , 178 Juvenal , transl . , 93 , 98-99 , 168 , 240 , 243 , 255 , 270 King Arthur ... Death of Amyntas , 127-28 , 242 On the Death of a Very Young Gentleman , 127 , 242 Ovid , transl . , 36 , 71 , 95-96 ...
... Death of Mr. Henry Purcell , 200 86 , 178 Juvenal , transl . , 93 , 98-99 , 168 , 240 , 243 , 255 , 270 King Arthur ... Death of Amyntas , 127-28 , 242 On the Death of a Very Young Gentleman , 127 , 242 Ovid , transl . , 36 , 71 , 95-96 ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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