The Poetical Works of DrydenHoughton Mifflin Company, 1950 - 1095 pages |
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... ground with Bacchus , that with Ceres suits ; That other loads the trees with happy fruits ; A fourth with grass , unbidden , decks the ground . Thus Tmolus is with yellow saffron crown'd : India black ebon and white ivory bears ; And ...
... ground with Bacchus , that with Ceres suits ; That other loads the trees with happy fruits ; A fourth with grass , unbidden , decks the ground . Thus Tmolus is with yellow saffron crown'd : India black ebon and white ivory bears ; And ...
Page 447
... ground with grain to sow , 220 And arm'd with iron shares the crooked plow ; When now Dodonian oaks no more sup- plied Their mast , and trees their forest fruit de- nied . Soon was his labor doubled to the swain , And blasting mildews ...
... ground with grain to sow , 220 And arm'd with iron shares the crooked plow ; When now Dodonian oaks no more sup- plied Their mast , and trees their forest fruit de- nied . Soon was his labor doubled to the swain , And blasting mildews ...
Page 458
... ground . The fatter earth by handling we may find , With ease distinguish'd from the meager kind : Poor soil will crumble into dust ; the rich Will to the fingers cleave like clammy pitch : Moist earth produces corn and grass , but both ...
... ground . The fatter earth by handling we may find , With ease distinguish'd from the meager kind : Poor soil will crumble into dust ; the rich Will to the fingers cleave like clammy pitch : Moist earth produces corn and grass , but both ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH | xvii |
EARLY POEMS | liv |
UPON THE DEATH OF THE LORD | 1 |
Copyright | |
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