Dryden: A SelectionMethuen, 1978 - 632 pages |
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... live With such helps as broths , possets , physic give ? None live , but such as should die ? shall we meet With none but ghostly fathers in the street ? Grief makes me rail ; sorrow will force its way ; And show'rs of tears tempestuous ...
... live With such helps as broths , possets , physic give ? None live , but such as should die ? shall we meet With none but ghostly fathers in the street ? Grief makes me rail ; sorrow will force its way ; And show'rs of tears tempestuous ...
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... live upon our offals here . Their entertainment of wit is only the remem- brance of what they had when they were last in town ; they live this year upon the last year's knowledge , as their cattle do all night , by chewing the cud of ...
... live upon our offals here . Their entertainment of wit is only the remem- brance of what they had when they were last in town ; they live this year upon the last year's knowledge , as their cattle do all night , by chewing the cud of ...
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... Live ; but live wretched , ' tis but just you should Who made me so . Live from each other's sight : Let me not hear you meet . Set all the earth And all the seas betwixt your sundered loves : View nothing common but the sun and skies ...
... Live ; but live wretched , ' tis but just you should Who made me so . Live from each other's sight : Let me not hear you meet . Set all the earth And all the seas betwixt your sundered loves : View nothing common but the sun and skies ...
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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action ALEXAS Ancients ANTONY appear arms bear beauty better cause characters CLEOPATRA comedy concernment court dear death DOLABELLA DORALICE Dryden English Enter eyes fate father fear fire foes follow force fortune French give hand happy haste hear heart Heav'n honour hope Italy judge kind king laws least leave LEONIDAS less live look lord lost manners means MELANTHA mind move nature never observed once pains PALAMEDE PALMYRA pass passions Persius persons pity play pleased plot poem poet poor praise prince raise reason rest RHODOPHIL rhyme Roman rule satire scene sense side soul speak stage stand sure tell thee things thou thought tragedy translation true turn VENTIDIUS verse virtue wife write young
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