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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... muse affords The sweetest numbers and the fittest words . Whether in comick founds , or tragick airs She forms her voice , fhe moves our fmiles and tears . If fatire or heroick ftrains fhe writes , Her hero pleases , and her fatire ...
... muse affords The sweetest numbers and the fittest words . Whether in comick founds , or tragick airs She forms her voice , fhe moves our fmiles and tears . If fatire or heroick ftrains fhe writes , Her hero pleases , and her fatire ...
Page xv
... muse 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 ...
... muse 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 ...
Page 162
... muse difdaining , holds i ' th ' dark , Thruft in the villain herd without a mark ; With parafites and libel - fpawning imps , Intriguing fops , dull jefters , and worse pimps . Difdain the rafcal rabble to purfue , Their fet cabals are ...
... muse difdaining , holds i ' th ' dark , Thruft in the villain herd without a mark ; With parafites and libel - fpawning imps , Intriguing fops , dull jefters , and worse pimps . Difdain the rafcal rabble to purfue , Their fet cabals are ...
Page 178
... muse her heroe forms , Not footh'd with foft delights , but toft in ftorms . Nor ftretcht on rofes in the myrtle grove , Nor crowns his days with mirth , his nights with love , But far remov'd in thund'ring camps is found , His flumbers ...
... muse her heroe forms , Not footh'd with foft delights , but toft in ftorms . Nor ftretcht on rofes in the myrtle grove , Nor crowns his days with mirth , his nights with love , But far remov'd in thund'ring camps is found , His flumbers ...
Page 237
... muse debase ; But learn from Butler the buffooning grace : And let burlesque in ballads be employ'd ; Yet noify bombaft carefully avoid , Nor think to raife , tho ' on Pharfalia's plain , " Millions of mourning mountains of the flain ...
... muse debase ; But learn from Butler the buffooning grace : And let burlesque in ballads be employ'd ; Yet noify bombaft carefully avoid , Nor think to raife , tho ' on Pharfalia's plain , " Millions of mourning mountains of the flain ...
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