The Poetical Works of John Dryden, 3. köideHenry G. Bohn, 1853 - 524 pages |
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Page 173
... faith compel ? And shall my sight , and touch , and taste , rebel ? Superior faculties are set aside ; Shall their subservient organs be my guide ? Then let the moon usurp the rule of day , And winking tapers show the sun his way ; For ...
... faith compel ? And shall my sight , and touch , and taste , rebel ? Superior faculties are set aside ; Shall their subservient organs be my guide ? Then let the moon usurp the rule of day , And winking tapers show the sun his way ; For ...
Page 174
... Faith is the best ensurer of thy bliss ; The bank above must fail before the venture miss . But heaven and heaven - born faith are far from thee , Thou first apostate to divinity . Unkennell'd range in thy Polonian plains ; A fiercer ...
... Faith is the best ensurer of thy bliss ; The bank above must fail before the venture miss . But heaven and heaven - born faith are far from thee , Thou first apostate to divinity . Unkennell'd range in thy Polonian plains ; A fiercer ...
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... faith to human kind : From his apostles the first age received Eternal truth , and what they taught believed . Thus by tradition faith was planted first ; Succeeding flocks succeeding pastors nursed . This was the way our wise Redeemer ...
... faith to human kind : From his apostles the first age received Eternal truth , and what they taught believed . Thus by tradition faith was planted first ; Succeeding flocks succeeding pastors nursed . This was the way our wise Redeemer ...
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Upon the Death of Lord Hastings | 1 |
To Charles the Second | 16 |
Satire on the Dutch | 23 |
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