The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations ...J. and R. Tonson, 1767 - English poetry |
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Page xi
... Shall the great gulph be fhew'd him for the way ? - For better ends our kind Redeemer dy'd , Or the faln angels room will be but ill fupply'd . That Chrift , who at the great deciding day , ( For he declares what he refolves to fay ) ...
... Shall the great gulph be fhew'd him for the way ? - For better ends our kind Redeemer dy'd , Or the faln angels room will be but ill fupply'd . That Chrift , who at the great deciding day , ( For he declares what he refolves to fay ) ...
Page xv
... shall in his friend furvive . On ALEXANDER'S FEAST : Or , The POWER of MUSICK . An ODE . From Mr. POPE'S ESSAY ON CRITICISM , 1. 376 , H EAR how Timotheus ' vary'd lays furprize , And bid alternate paffions fall and rife ! While , at ...
... shall in his friend furvive . On ALEXANDER'S FEAST : Or , The POWER of MUSICK . An ODE . From Mr. POPE'S ESSAY ON CRITICISM , 1. 376 , H EAR how Timotheus ' vary'd lays furprize , And bid alternate paffions fall and rife ! While , at ...
Page xvi
... of the fun : Yet shall he mount , and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate Beneath the good how far --- but far above the great . Upon II . Tho ' our beft notes are treafon to xvi VERSES in Praife of Mr. DRYDEN .
... of the fun : Yet shall he mount , and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate Beneath the good how far --- but far above the great . Upon II . Tho ' our beft notes are treafon to xvi VERSES in Praife of Mr. DRYDEN .
Page 7
... shall I then begin , or where conclude , To draw a fame fo truly circular ? For in a round what order can be fhew'd , Where all the parts fo equal perfect are ? VI . His grandeur he deriv'd from heav'n alone ; For he was great ere ...
... shall I then begin , or where conclude , To draw a fame fo truly circular ? For in a round what order can be fhew'd , Where all the parts fo equal perfect are ? VI . His grandeur he deriv'd from heav'n alone ; For he was great ere ...
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... shall no more adventurers be : Nor in the fartheft eaft thofe dangers fear , Which humble Holland muft diffemble here , Spain to your gift alone her Indies owes ; For what the pow'rful takes not he bestows : And France , that did an ...
... shall no more adventurers be : Nor in the fartheft eaft thofe dangers fear , Which humble Holland muft diffemble here , Spain to your gift alone her Indies owes ; For what the pow'rful takes not he bestows : And France , that did an ...
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