The Poetical Works of DrydenHoughton Mifflin Company, 1950 - 1095 pages |
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... DEATH OF THE LORD HASTINGS [ The following poem , Dryden's first pub- lished work , is one of a number of pieces composing a small volume entitled , Lachrymæ Musarum , the Tears of the Muses , exprest in Elegies , written by divers ...
... DEATH OF THE LORD HASTINGS [ The following poem , Dryden's first pub- lished work , is one of a number of pieces composing a small volume entitled , Lachrymæ Musarum , the Tears of the Muses , exprest in Elegies , written by divers ...
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... death . Meantime , when thoughts of death dis- turb thy head ; Consider , Ancus , great and good , is dead ; Aneus , thy better far , was born to die ; And thou , dost thou bewail mortality ? So many monarchs with their mighty state ...
... death . Meantime , when thoughts of death dis- turb thy head ; Consider , Ancus , great and good , is dead ; Aneus , thy better far , was born to die ; And thou , dost thou bewail mortality ? So many monarchs with their mighty state ...
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... death , To take my spoils , and leave my body bare : As for my sepulcher , let Heav'n take care . ' T is long since I , for my celestial wife Loath'd by the gods , have dragg'd a ling'ring life ; Since ev'ry hour and moment I expire ...
... death , To take my spoils , and leave my body bare : As for my sepulcher , let Heav'n take care . ' T is long since I , for my celestial wife Loath'd by the gods , have dragg'd a ling'ring life ; Since ev'ry hour and moment I expire ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH | xvii |
EARLY POEMS | liv |
UPON THE DEATH OF THE LORD | 1 |
Copyright | |
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