Dryden: A SelectionMethuen, 1978 - 632 pages |
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Page 128
... Nature's laws . Then for the style ; majestic and divine , It speaks no less than God in every line : Commanding words ; whose force is still the same As the first fiat that produced our frame . All faiths beside or did by arms ascend ...
... Nature's laws . Then for the style ; majestic and divine , It speaks no less than God in every line : Commanding words ; whose force is still the same As the first fiat that produced our frame . All faiths beside or did by arms ascend ...
Page 129
... nature foes may pity claim , 190 Much more may strangers who ne'er heard His name . And though no name be for ... nature did what was by law required , They , who the written rule had never known , Were to themselves both rule and law ...
... nature foes may pity claim , 190 Much more may strangers who ne'er heard His name . And though no name be for ... nature did what was by law required , They , who the written rule had never known , Were to themselves both rule and law ...
Page 245
... Nature gives and takes : New matter must be found for things to come , And these must waste like those , and follow Nature's doom . 170 All things , like thee , have time to rise and rot ; And from each other's ruin are begot ; For life ...
... Nature gives and takes : New matter must be found for things to come , And these must waste like those , and follow Nature's doom . 170 All things , like thee , have time to rise and rot ; And from each other's ruin are begot ; For life ...
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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