Stanzas on the Death of Oliver Cromwell: Astraea Redux; Annus Mirabilis; Absalom and Achitophel; Religio Laici; The Hind and the PantherClarendon Press, 1871 - 294 pages |
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... Fire of London , was published in 1667 , with a dedication to the Metropolis , and a long preface ad- dressed to Sir Robert Howard . This poem is written in the quatrain stanzas in which Dryden had sung the praises of Oliver Cromwell ...
... Fire of London , was published in 1667 , with a dedication to the Metropolis , and a long preface ad- dressed to Sir Robert Howard . This poem is written in the quatrain stanzas in which Dryden had sung the praises of Oliver Cromwell ...
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... Fire the playhouses had been closed . They were re - opened towards the close of 1666 , and in the following March ' Secret Love , or the Maiden Queen , ' the play which Dryden had written at Charl- ton , was brought out at the King's ...
... Fire the playhouses had been closed . They were re - opened towards the close of 1666 , and in the following March ' Secret Love , or the Maiden Queen , ' the play which Dryden had written at Charl- ton , was brought out at the King's ...
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... fires , their due desert , commit . Nor , when accused by me , let them complain Their faults and not their function I arraign . ' And then in beautiful lines he claims for the drama participa- tion with the pulpit in moral instruction ...
... fires , their due desert , commit . Nor , when accused by me , let them complain Their faults and not their function I arraign . ' And then in beautiful lines he claims for the drama participa- tion with the pulpit in moral instruction ...
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... fires again . ' Twas this produced the joy that hurried o'er Such swarms of English to the neighbouring shore To fetch that prize by which Batavia made So rich amends for our impoverished trade . Oh , had you seen from Scheveline's ...
... fires again . ' Twas this produced the joy that hurried o'er Such swarms of English to the neighbouring shore To fetch that prize by which Batavia made So rich amends for our impoverished trade . Oh , had you seen from Scheveline's ...
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... fires renew , 290 Guiding our eyes to find and worship you . And now Time's whiter series is begun , Which in soft centuries shall smoothly run ; Those clouds that overcast your morn shall fly , Dispelled to farthest corners of the sky ...
... fires renew , 290 Guiding our eyes to find and worship you . And now Time's whiter series is begun , Which in soft centuries shall smoothly run ; Those clouds that overcast your morn shall fly , Dispelled to farthest corners of the sky ...
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Absalom and Achitophel Albion and Albanius Annus Mirabilis Astræa Redux battle blood bold called changed Charles Church of England common Compare conscience Cromwell death dedicated Derrick doctrine Dryden Duchess Duke of Guise Duke of York Dutch Earl edition of 1688 editors English faith fame fate father fear fight fire fleet foes France French friends grace Heaven Hind Holland honour Hudibras including Scott Jebusites kind King laws Lord means mighty never numbers o'er Oliver Cromwell original edition Ovid Palamon and Arcite Panther passage peace plain play poet Pope Popish Plot praise Preface Prince printed published Queen refers Reformation reign Religio Laici religion rest Restoration rhymes Roman Catholic sacred Satire says Scripture sects sense Shaftesbury Shakespeare shards sons soul spelling spelt stanza thou thought Threnodia Augustalis throne Tis true translation Twas verse Virgil wind wings word
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Page 276 - I AB do solemnly and sincerely in the presence of God profess, testify and declare, that I do believe that in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper there is not any transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of . Christ, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever...
Page 151 - A milk-white Hind, * immortal and unchanged, Fed on the lawns, and in the forest ranged ; Without unspotted, innocent within, She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.
Page 275 - THE Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another; but rather is a Sacrament of our Redemption by Christ's death : insomuch that to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith, receive the same, the Bread which we break is a partaking of the Body of Christ ; and likewise the Cup of Blessing is a partaking of the Blood of Christ.
Page 92 - Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied. And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else why should he, with wealth and honor blest.
Page 102 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 279 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Page 26 - I have chosen to write my poem in quatrains or stanzas of four in alternate rhyme, because I have ever judged them more noble and of greater dignity both for the sound and number than any other verse in use amongst us ; in which I am sure I have your approbation.
Page 261 - With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies : alas ! how changed from him That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim...
Page 103 - Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both to show his judgment, in extremes : So over violent or over civil, That every man with him was God or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert, Beggared by fools whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had...
Page x - For this reason, though he must always be thought a great poet, he is no longer esteemed a good writer; and for ten impressions, which his works have had in so many successive years, yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth; for, as my last Lord Rochester said, though somewhat profanely, Not being of God, he could not stand.