The Poetical Works of John Dryden ..Bell and Daldy, 1866 |
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... interest sake believe and swear : 100 Even to that height with some the frenzy grew , They rag'd to find their danger not prove true . Yet , than all these a viler crew remain , Who with Achitophel the cry maintain ; Not urg'd by fear ...
... interest sake believe and swear : 100 Even to that height with some the frenzy grew , They rag'd to find their danger not prove true . Yet , than all these a viler crew remain , Who with Achitophel the cry maintain ; Not urg'd by fear ...
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... hear my shipwreck'd arts bemoan ? Have I for this so oft made Israel groan ? Your single interest with the nation weigh'd , 200 And turn'd the scale where your desires were laid ? Ev'n when at helm a course so dangerous mov'd To 8 THE ...
... hear my shipwreck'd arts bemoan ? Have I for this so oft made Israel groan ? Your single interest with the nation weigh'd , 200 And turn'd the scale where your desires were laid ? Ev'n when at helm a course so dangerous mov'd To 8 THE ...
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... interest never yet pursu'd , But still pretended ' twas for other's good . What politician yet e'er scap'd his fate , 205 210 Who saving his own neck not sav'd the state ? From hence on every humorous wind that veer'd , With shifted ...
... interest never yet pursu'd , But still pretended ' twas for other's good . What politician yet e'er scap'd his fate , 205 210 Who saving his own neck not sav'd the state ? From hence on every humorous wind that veer'd , With shifted ...
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... interest be the star by which you steer . Hence to repose your trust in me was wise , Whose interest most in your advancement lies , A tie so firm as always will avail , When friendship , nature , and religion fail ; On ours the safety ...
... interest be the star by which you steer . Hence to repose your trust in me was wise , Whose interest most in your advancement lies , A tie so firm as always will avail , When friendship , nature , and religion fail ; On ours the safety ...
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... interest and the state , But heaps those blessings on the royal head , 646 Which he well knows must be on subjects shed . On what pretence could then the vulgar rage Against his worth and native rights engage ? Religious fears their ...
... interest and the state , But heaps those blessings on the royal head , 646 Which he well knows must be on subjects shed . On what pretence could then the vulgar rage Against his worth and native rights engage ? Religious fears their ...
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ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL Achitophel Arius betwixt blessing blest blood breast cause charity charms Church common conscience COUNTESS OF ABINGDON crimes crowd crown crown'd Curtana dare David's defence design'd divine doctrine Dryden Duke Duke of York e'en Earl Eliab EPISTLE eyes faction faith fame fate fear foes forc'd grace hand happy hast heaven Hebron Hind honour Israel Jebusites JOHN DRYDEN kind king land laws liv'd live Lord mighty mind monarch muse ne'er never numbers o'er once Orig Panther Papists peace penal laws Phaleg pious plain pleas'd plot poem poets Popish Plot praise pretend pride prince promis'd prophet race rage reason rebel rebellion reign religion rest royal sacred saint satire Scripture sects sedition sense Shadwell soul sovereign sure sway Tetragrammaton thee thou thought throne tophel triumph true trust truth Twas verse virtue writ youth
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Page 279 - Those clothed with flesh, and life inspires the dead ; The sacred poets first shall hear the sound, And foremost from the tomb shall bound, For they are cover'd with the lightest ground ; And straight, with in-born vigour, on the wing, Like mounting larks, to the new. morning sing. There thou, sweet saint, before the quire shalt go, As harbinger of heaven, the way to show, The way which thou so well hast learn'd below.
Page 260 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Page 115 - Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task; my doubts are done: What more could fright my faith, than Three in One?
Page 18 - Round as a globe, and liquor'd every chink, Goodly and great he sails behind his link; With all this bulk there's nothing lost in Og, For every inch that is not fool is rogue: A monstrous mass of foul corrupted matter, As all the devils had spew'd to make the batter.
Page 115 - But, gracious God ! how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the' abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight.
Page 251 - tis impossible you should proceed. Already I am worn with cares and age, And just abandoning the ungrateful stage : Unprofitably kept at Heaven's expense, I live a rent-charge on His providence : But you, whom every Muse and grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born. Be kind to my remains; and oh, defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend! Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to you : And take for tribute what these lines express; You...
Page 76 - Whence, but from heaven, could men unskill'd in arts, In several ages born, in several parts, Weave such agreeing truths ? or how, or why, Should all conspire to cheat us with a lie ? Unask'd their pains, ungrateful their advice, Starving their gain, and martyrdom their price.
Page 216 - Through all the realms of Nonsense absolute. This aged prince, now flourishing in peace, And blest with issue of a large increase, Worn out with business, did at length debate To settle the succession of the...
Page 217 - Even I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before but to prepare thy way; And coarsely clad in Norwich drugget came To teach the nations in thy greater name.
Page 251 - That early promise this has more than paid. So bold, yet so judiciously you dare, That your least praise is to be regular. Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught.