The Poetical Works of John Dryden, 3. köideHenry G. Bohn, 1853 - 524 pages |
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Page 89
... grace adorn'd , By me , so Heaven will have it , always mourn'd , And always honour'd , -snatch'd in manhood's prime By unequal fates , and providence's crime ; Yet not before the goal of honour won , All parts fulfill'd of subject and ...
... grace adorn'd , By me , so Heaven will have it , always mourn'd , And always honour'd , -snatch'd in manhood's prime By unequal fates , and providence's crime ; Yet not before the goal of honour won , All parts fulfill'd of subject and ...
Page 174
... grace in both is equal in extent ; The first affords us life , the second nourishment . And if he can , why all this frantic pain To construe what his clearest words contain , And make a riddle what he made so plain ? To take up half on ...
... grace in both is equal in extent ; The first affords us life , the second nourishment . And if he can , why all this frantic pain To construe what his clearest words contain , And make a riddle what he made so plain ? To take up half on ...
Page 321
... grace obtain'd . Then thus the king his secret thoughts explain'd : If wealth , or honour , or a royal race , Or each , or all may win a lady's grace , Then either of you knights may well deserve A princess born ; and such is she you ...
... grace obtain'd . Then thus the king his secret thoughts explain'd : If wealth , or honour , or a royal race , Or each , or all may win a lady's grace , Then either of you knights may well deserve A princess born ; and such is she you ...
Contents
Upon the Death of Lord Hastings | 1 |
To Charles the Second | 16 |
Satire on the Dutch | 23 |
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