John Dryden, a Study of His PoetryH. Holt, 1946 - 298 pages |
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Page 107
... epigram , the epitaph , the elegy , the prologue , the epilogue . The growth had been rapid before Dryden . The temper of the cen- tury had swiftly become suited to a sort of expression aiming " rather at aptitude than altitude , ” as ...
... epigram , the epitaph , the elegy , the prologue , the epilogue . The growth had been rapid before Dryden . The temper of the cen- tury had swiftly become suited to a sort of expression aiming " rather at aptitude than altitude , ” as ...
Page 121
... Epigrams , and from Spenser to Fleckno ; that is , from the top to the bottom of all poetry , " wrote Dryden in the Discourse of Satire . Yet he proved upon a few occasions to have an epigrammatic turn of some distinction . His epigram ...
... Epigrams , and from Spenser to Fleckno ; that is , from the top to the bottom of all poetry , " wrote Dryden in the Discourse of Satire . Yet he proved upon a few occasions to have an epigrammatic turn of some distinction . His epigram ...
Page 126
... epigram to the Earl of Pembroke with the lines , I do but name thee , Pembroke , and I find It is an epigram on all mankind . Dryden writes : Let this suffice : nor thou , great saint , refuse This humble tribute of no vulgar muse ...
... epigram to the Earl of Pembroke with the lines , I do but name thee , Pembroke , and I find It is an epigram on all mankind . Dryden writes : Let this suffice : nor thou , great saint , refuse This humble tribute of no vulgar muse ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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