The Poetical Works of DrydenHoughton Mifflin Company, 1950 - 1095 pages |
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Page 227
... ev'ry man his own presuming guide . The sacred books , you say , are full and plain , 680 And ev'ry needful point of truth contain : All , who can read , interpreters may be . Thus , tho ' your sev'ral Churches disagree , Yet ev'ry ...
... ev'ry man his own presuming guide . The sacred books , you say , are full and plain , 680 And ev'ry needful point of truth contain : All , who can read , interpreters may be . Thus , tho ' your sev'ral Churches disagree , Yet ev'ry ...
Page 639
... ev'ry post , and ev'ry passage tries . So roams the nightly wolf about the fold : Wet with descending show'rs , and stiff with cold , He howls for hunger , and he grins for pain , ( His gnashing teeth are exercis'd in vain , ) And ...
... ev'ry post , and ev'ry passage tries . So roams the nightly wolf about the fold : Wet with descending show'rs , and stiff with cold , He howls for hunger , and he grins for pain , ( His gnashing teeth are exercis'd in vain , ) And ...
Page 847
... ev'ry tree , and pried on ev'ry flow'r , If anywhere by chance I might espy The rural poet of the melody ; For still methought she sung not far away . At last I found her on a laurel spray ; Close by my side she sate , and fair in sight ...
... ev'ry tree , and pried on ev'ry flow'r , If anywhere by chance I might espy The rural poet of the melody ; For still methought she sung not far away . At last I found her on a laurel spray ; Close by my side she sate , and fair in sight ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH | xvii |
EARLY POEMS | liv |
UPON THE DEATH OF THE LORD | 1 |
Copyright | |
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