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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... noble tale prolong , Nor age , nor ficknefs interrupt thy fong : Then may we wond'ring read , how human limbs Have water'd kingdoms , and diffolv'd in ftreams , Of thofe rich fruits that on the fertile mould Turn'd yellow by degrees ...
... noble tale prolong , Nor age , nor ficknefs interrupt thy fong : Then may we wond'ring read , how human limbs Have water'd kingdoms , and diffolv'd in ftreams , Of thofe rich fruits that on the fertile mould Turn'd yellow by degrees ...
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... noble emulation heats your breaft , And your own fame now robs you of your rest . Good actions fill must be maintain'd with good , As bodies nourish'd with resembling food . You have already quench'd fedition's brand ; And zeal , which ...
... noble emulation heats your breaft , And your own fame now robs you of your rest . Good actions fill must be maintain'd with good , As bodies nourish'd with resembling food . You have already quench'd fedition's brand ; And zeal , which ...
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... noble as your end : Which fhould you veil , we might unwind the clue , As men do nature , till we came to you . And as the Indies were not found , before Those rich perfumes , which , from the happy fhore , The winds upon their balmy ...
... noble as your end : Which fhould you veil , we might unwind the clue , As men do nature , till we came to you . And as the Indies were not found , before Those rich perfumes , which , from the happy fhore , The winds upon their balmy ...
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... noble , and of greater dignity , both for the found and number , than any other verfe in use amongst us ; in which I am fure I have your appro- bation . The learned languages have certainly a great great advantage of us , in not being ...
... noble , and of greater dignity , both for the found and number , than any other verfe in use amongst us ; in which I am fure I have your appro- bation . The learned languages have certainly a great great advantage of us , in not being ...
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... noble thoughts , fo much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with elocution . The compofition of all poems is , or ought to be , of wit ; and wit in the poet , or wit - writing ( if you will give me leave to use a school - diftinction ) is ...
... noble thoughts , fo much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with elocution . The compofition of all poems is , or ought to be , of wit ; and wit in the poet , or wit - writing ( if you will give me leave to use a school - diftinction ) is ...
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