Dryden: A SelectionMethuen, 1978 - 632 pages |
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Page 103
... foes , Whom just revenge did to his wrath expose ? Mild , easy , humble , studious of our good , Inclined to mercy and averse from blood . If mildness ill with stubborn Israel suit , His crime is God's beloved attribute . What could he ...
... foes , Whom just revenge did to his wrath expose ? Mild , easy , humble , studious of our good , Inclined to mercy and averse from blood . If mildness ill with stubborn Israel suit , His crime is God's beloved attribute . What could he ...
Page 116
... foes . Yet some there were , ev'n in the worst of days ; Some let me name , and naming is to praise . In this short file Barzillai first appears ; Barzillai , crowned with honour and with years . Long since , the rising rebels he ...
... foes . Yet some there were , ev'n in the worst of days ; Some let me name , and naming is to praise . In this short file Barzillai first appears ; Barzillai , crowned with honour and with years . Long since , the rising rebels he ...
Page 123
... foes , Thou whom the penny pamphlet foiled in prose ? Doeg , whom God for mankind's mirth has made , O'ertops thy ... foes , be this the doom , May all be like the young man Absalom ; And for my foes may this their blessing be , To talk ...
... foes , Thou whom the penny pamphlet foiled in prose ? Doeg , whom God for mankind's mirth has made , O'ertops thy ... foes , be this the doom , May all be like the young man Absalom ; And for my foes may this their blessing be , To talk ...
Contents
Upon the Death of the Lord Hastings 37 | 3 |
Heroic Stanzas to the Memory of Oliver Cromwell | 14 |
To Dr Charleton | 28 |
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