The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Nide 3W. Pickering, 1832 |
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... From without , my desire Has no food to its fire ; But it burns and consumes me within . SHE . Yet , at least , ' tis a pleasure to know That you are not unhappy alone : For the nymph you adore Is as wretched , and 30 THE POEMS.
... From without , my desire Has no food to its fire ; But it burns and consumes me within . SHE . Yet , at least , ' tis a pleasure to know That you are not unhappy alone : For the nymph you adore Is as wretched , and 30 THE POEMS.
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... least hope wit ; in Dutchmen that would be As much improper , as would honesty . EPILOGUE TO AMBOYNA . A POET Once the Spartans led to fight , And made them conquer in the muse's right ; So would our poet lead you on this day , Showing ...
... least hope wit ; in Dutchmen that would be As much improper , as would honesty . EPILOGUE TO AMBOYNA . A POET Once the Spartans led to fight , And made them conquer in the muse's right ; So would our poet lead you on this day , Showing ...
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... least . Thus did the thriving malady prevail , 10 15 * Dryden in this epilogue labours to throw the fault of the licentiousness of dramatic writers , which had been so severely censured by the Rev. Jeremy Collier , upon the example of a ...
... least . Thus did the thriving malady prevail , 10 15 * Dryden in this epilogue labours to throw the fault of the licentiousness of dramatic writers , which had been so severely censured by the Rev. Jeremy Collier , upon the example of a ...
Sivu 119
... least thinking I found , some- thing that was more pleasing in them than my ordinary pro- ductions , I encouraged myself to renew my old acquaintance with Lucretius and Virgil ; and immediately fixed upon some parts of them , which had ...
... least thinking I found , some- thing that was more pleasing in them than my ordinary pro- ductions , I encouraged myself to renew my old acquaintance with Lucretius and Virgil ; and immediately fixed upon some parts of them , which had ...
Sivu 120
... least , if both those considerations should fail , that my own is of a piece with his , and that if he were living , and an English- man , they are such as he would probably have written . For , after all , a translator is to make his ...
... least , if both those considerations should fail , that my own is of a piece with his , and that if he were living , and an English- man , they are such as he would probably have written . For , after all , a translator is to make his ...
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ALBION AND ALBANIUS AMYNTAS Arcite arms beauty behold betwixt blood breast call'd Chaucer CHORUS damn dare dead death delight disdain dost Dryden e'en e'er earth Emily English EPILOGUE eyes fair fate fear fight fire fool fops GEORGE ETHERIDGE give grace happy haste heart heaven honour hope humour JOHN DRYDEN joys judge kind king live look'd lord Lord Roscommon lovers Lucretius mighty mind MOMUS monarch mortal muse nature ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er Ovid pain Palamon Phyllis Pindar pity plain play pleas'd pleasure poet prince PROLOGUE queen rais'd reign reviving play rhyme sacred scarce scenes sense sigh'd sing song Sophocles soul sound stage sweet Thebes thee Theocritus Theseus things thou thought Timotheus translated true twas UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Venus verse Virgil whate'er Whig words wretch writ write youth
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Sivu 17 - And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Sivu 17 - See the Furies arise! See the snakes that they rear How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
Sivu 4 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Sivu 16 - Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee.
Sivu 4 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Sivu 13 - And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove, Who left his blissful seats above — Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Sivu 186 - Tales, their humours, their features, and the very dress, as distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark.
Sivu 12 - TwAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...
Sivu 183 - I have endeavoured to choose such fables, both ancient and modern, as contain in each of them some instructive moral ; which I could prove by induction, but the way is tedious ; and they leap foremost into sight, without the reader's trouble of looking after them. I wish I could affirm with a safe conscience, that I had taken the same care in all my former writings...
Sivu 14 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face : Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...