The Poetical Works of DrydenHoughton Mifflin Company, 1950 - 1095 pages |
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... eyes . With much ado , he partly kept awake , Not suff'ring all his eyes repose to take ; And ask'd the stranger , who did reeds in- vent , 949 And whence began so rare an instrument . THE TRANSFORMATION OF SYRINX INTO REEDS Then Hermes ...
... eyes . With much ado , he partly kept awake , Not suff'ring all his eyes repose to take ; And ask'd the stranger , who did reeds in- vent , 949 And whence began so rare an instrument . THE TRANSFORMATION OF SYRINX INTO REEDS Then Hermes ...
Page 484
... eyes with heavy slumber overcast ; With force invade his limbs , and bind him fast . Thus surely bound , yet be not over bold : The slipp'ry god will try to loose his hold , And various forms assume , to cheat thy sight , And with vain ...
... eyes with heavy slumber overcast ; With force invade his limbs , and bind him fast . Thus surely bound , yet be not over bold : The slipp'ry god will try to loose his hold , And various forms assume , to cheat thy sight , And with vain ...
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... eyes to the Rutulian fields , and beholds the duel . I have given this place another exposition , that he turn'd his eyes from the field of combat , that he might not behold a sight so unpleasing to him . The word rejicit , I know ...
... eyes to the Rutulian fields , and beholds the duel . I have given this place another exposition , that he turn'd his eyes from the field of combat , that he might not behold a sight so unpleasing to him . The word rejicit , I know ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH | xvii |
EARLY POEMS | liv |
UPON THE DEATH OF THE LORD | 1 |
Copyright | |
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