John Dryden, 10. köideOxford University Press, 1987 - 967 pages Dryden's poetry is straightforward, bold, and energetic. He was in the public eye for some forty years, holding positions at court for a long period of time. He was indisputably perceived as the leading writer of his day. He excelled in all the types of writing practiced at the time. He wrote more, and in more genres than anyone. He accumulated to himself (it is a odd distinction) a huge mass of attacks, ranging from the reasoned to the scabrous. Dryden explained his attitudes and intentions in a large number of prologues, epilogues, prefaces, defences, and vindications-thereby quite casually producing the first body of what we now call 'criticism' in English. And yet his life and character remain something of a mystery. |
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... face , and hair , and make ; Because of the same seed , the voice , and hair , And shape , and face , and other members are , And the same antique mould the likeness does prepare . Thus oft the father's likeness does prevail 230 In ...
... face , and hair , and make ; Because of the same seed , the voice , and hair , And shape , and face , and other members are , And the same antique mould the likeness does prepare . Thus oft the father's likeness does prevail 230 In ...
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... face above The waves ; nor scorn my presents , and my love . Come , Galatea , come , and view my face ; I late beheld it in the watery glass , And found it lovelier than I feared it was . Survey my towering stature , and my size : Not ...
... face above The waves ; nor scorn my presents , and my love . Come , Galatea , come , and view my face ; I late beheld it in the watery glass , And found it lovelier than I feared it was . Survey my towering stature , and my size : Not ...
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... face , And as she moved or turned , her motions viewed , Her measures kept , and step by step pursued . ° Methought she trod the ground with greater grace , With more of godhead shining in her face ; And as in beauty she surpassed the ...
... face , And as she moved or turned , her motions viewed , Her measures kept , and step by step pursued . ° Methought she trod the ground with greater grace , With more of godhead shining in her face ; And as in beauty she surpassed the ...
Contents
To John Hoddesdon on his Divine Epigrams I | 1 |
Annus Mirabilis | 23 |
Absalom and Achitophel | 177 |
Copyright | |
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