The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq;: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1760 |
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... ease , No action leave to bufy chronicles : Such , whofe fupine felicity but makes In ftory chafms , in epocha mistakes ; O'er whom Time gently shakes his wings of down , 7 20 ASTRE A REDU X. Heroic ftanzas on the death of Oliver Crom- ...
... ease , No action leave to bufy chronicles : Such , whofe fupine felicity but makes In ftory chafms , in epocha mistakes ; O'er whom Time gently shakes his wings of down , 7 20 ASTRE A REDU X. Heroic ftanzas on the death of Oliver Crom- ...
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... ease such fond chimaeras we pursue , As fancy frames for fancy to fubdue : But when ourselves to action we betake , It fhuns the mint like gold that chemists make . How hard was then his tafk ! at once to be What in the body natural we ...
... ease such fond chimaeras we pursue , As fancy frames for fancy to fubdue : But when ourselves to action we betake , It fhuns the mint like gold that chemists make . How hard was then his tafk ! at once to be What in the body natural we ...
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... ease your soul unbends , Your pleasures are defign'd to noble ends ? Born to command the mistress of the feas , Your thoughts themselves in that blue empire please . Hither in fummer evenings you repair To tafte the fraicheur of the ...
... ease your soul unbends , Your pleasures are defign'd to noble ends ? Born to command the mistress of the feas , Your thoughts themselves in that blue empire please . Hither in fummer evenings you repair To tafte the fraicheur of the ...
Page 39
... laws Exclude foft mercy from a private cause , In your tribunal moft her felf does please ; There only fmiles becaufes fhe lives at ease ; And , like young David , finds her ftrength the D 4 TO THE LORD - CHANCELLOR HYDE . 39.
... laws Exclude foft mercy from a private cause , In your tribunal moft her felf does please ; There only fmiles becaufes fhe lives at ease ; And , like young David , finds her ftrength the D 4 TO THE LORD - CHANCELLOR HYDE . 39.
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... ease he can give laws by land . IO . This faw our king ; and long within his breast His penfive counfels balanc'd to and fro : He griev'd the land he freed fhould be opprefs'd , And he less for it than ufurpers do . II . His generous ...
... ease he can give laws by land . IO . This faw our king ; and long within his breast His penfive counfels balanc'd to and fro : He griev'd the land he freed fhould be opprefs'd , And he less for it than ufurpers do . II . His generous ...
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