John Dryden, Nide 10Oxford University Press, 1987 - 967 sivua Dryden's poetry is straightforward, bold, and energetic. He was in the public eye for some forty years, holding positions at court for a long period of time. He was indisputably perceived as the leading writer of his day. He excelled in all the types of writing practiced at the time. He wrote more, and in more genres than anyone. He accumulated to himself (it is a odd distinction) a huge mass of attacks, ranging from the reasoned to the scabrous. Dryden explained his attitudes and intentions in a large number of prologues, epilogues, prefaces, defences, and vindications-thereby quite casually producing the first body of what we now call 'criticism' in English. And yet his life and character remain something of a mystery. |
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Tulokset 1 - 3 kokonaismäärästä 78
Sivu 382
... earth suspended in the sky , Nor , poised , did on her own foundations lie ; Nor seas about the shores their arms had thrown ; But earth , and air , and water , were in one . Thus air was void of light , and earth unstable , And water's ...
... earth suspended in the sky , Nor , poised , did on her own foundations lie ; Nor seas about the shores their arms had thrown ; But earth , and air , and water , were in one . Thus air was void of light , and earth unstable , And water's ...
Sivu 393
... earth , and earth to heaven . The billows fall , while Neptune lays his mace On the rough sea , and smooths its furrowed face . Already Triton at his call appears Above the waves ; a Tyrian robe he wears ; ° And in his hand a crooked ...
... earth , and earth to heaven . The billows fall , while Neptune lays his mace On the rough sea , and smooths its furrowed face . Already Triton at his call appears Above the waves ; a Tyrian robe he wears ; ° And in his hand a crooked ...
Sivu 825
... earth ; and mother earth subsides . ' All things are mixed of these , which all contain , And into these are all resolved again : Earth rarefies to dew ; expanded more , The subtle dew in air begins to soar ; Spreads as she flies , and ...
... earth ; and mother earth subsides . ' All things are mixed of these , which all contain , And into these are all resolved again : Earth rarefies to dew ; expanded more , The subtle dew in air begins to soar ; Spreads as she flies , and ...
Sisältö
To John Hoddesdon on his Divine Epigrams I | 1 |
Annus Mirabilis | 23 |
Absalom and Achitophel | 177 |
Tekijänoikeudet | |
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Absalom and Achitophel Aeneas Aeneid Aesacus ancient Arcite Aristotle arms bear beauty behold Ben Jonson betwixt blessed blood breast Caeneus Chaucer Cinyras courser cried crime crown death Dryden e'en earth English eyes fair fame fate father fear fight fire flames force Georgics give goddess gods grace Greek ground hand haste head heart heaven honour Iliad John Dryden Jove kind king labour leave light live lord lover Lucretius maid Metamorphoses mighty mind mortal muse nature never night numbers o'er once Ovid pain Palamon Pindar Pirithous plain play pleased poem poet praise Priam prince pursue queen race rage rest rhyme Roman sacred Satire of Juvenal seas Sejanus sighed sight sire skies soul stood sweet sword tears thee Theseus thou thought translation Twas verse Virgil vows wife wind words youth