Dryden: A SelectionMethuen, 1978 - 632 pages |
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A Selection John Dryden. UPON THE DEATH OF THE LORD HASTINGS Henry , Lord Hastings , eldest son of the sixth Earl of Huntingdon , died of smallpox in June 1649 at the age of nineteen . The poem is Dryden's contribution to a commemorative ...
A Selection John Dryden. UPON THE DEATH OF THE LORD HASTINGS Henry , Lord Hastings , eldest son of the sixth Earl of Huntingdon , died of smallpox in June 1649 at the age of nineteen . The poem is Dryden's contribution to a commemorative ...
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... lord . Is this so strange ? Should mistresses be left , And not provide against a time of change ? You know she's not much used to lonely nights . ANTONY I'll think no more on't . 305 I know ' tis false , and see the plot betwixt you ...
... lord . Is this so strange ? Should mistresses be left , And not provide against a time of change ? You know she's not much used to lonely nights . ANTONY I'll think no more on't . 305 I know ' tis false , and see the plot betwixt you ...
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... lord , ' tis much unkind to me , For an abandoned , faithless prostitute . Leave me , I say . To show this passion , this extreme concernment , 390 ANTONY Octavia , leave me ; I am much disordered . OCTAVIA My lord ? ANTONY I bid you ...
... lord , ' tis much unkind to me , For an abandoned , faithless prostitute . Leave me , I say . To show this passion , this extreme concernment , 390 ANTONY Octavia , leave me ; I am much disordered . OCTAVIA My lord ? ANTONY I bid you ...
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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