The Poetical Works of DrydenHoughton Mifflin Company, 1950 - 1095 pages |
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... write a play , " says one , " for I have got A broad - brimm'd hat , and waist - belt , tow'rds a plot . " 10 Says t'other : " I have one more large than that . " Thus they out - write each other with a hat ! The brims still grew with ...
... write a play , " says one , " for I have got A broad - brimm'd hat , and waist - belt , tow'rds a plot . " 10 Says t'other : " I have one more large than that . " Thus they out - write each other with a hat ! The brims still grew with ...
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... write of pleasant or sublime , Always let Sense accompany your Rhyme : Falsely they seem each other to oppose ; Rhyme must be made with Reason's laws to close ; 30 40 50 And when to conquer her you bend your force , The mind will ...
... write of pleasant or sublime , Always let Sense accompany your Rhyme : Falsely they seem each other to oppose ; Rhyme must be made with Reason's laws to close ; 30 40 50 And when to conquer her you bend your force , The mind will ...
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... write Can never yield us profit or delight . Take time for thinking ; never work in haste ; And value not yourself for writing fast . A rapid poem , with such fury writ , Shews want of judgment , not abounding wit . More pleas'd we are ...
... write Can never yield us profit or delight . Take time for thinking ; never work in haste ; And value not yourself for writing fast . A rapid poem , with such fury writ , Shews want of judgment , not abounding wit . More pleas'd we are ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH | xvii |
EARLY POEMS | liv |
UPON THE DEATH OF THE LORD | 1 |
Copyright | |
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