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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... rage ? Not fo thy Ovid in his exile wrote ; Grief chill'd his breaft , and check'd his rifing thought ; Penfive and fad , his drooping mufe betrays The Roman genius in its laft decays . Prevailing warmth has ftill thy mind poffeft , And ...
... rage ? Not fo thy Ovid in his exile wrote ; Grief chill'd his breaft , and check'd his rifing thought ; Penfive and fad , his drooping mufe betrays The Roman genius in its laft decays . Prevailing warmth has ftill thy mind poffeft , And ...
Page 17
... rage Of fome black ftar infecting all the flies , Made him at his own coft like Adam wife . Tremble ye nations , which fecure before , Laugh'd at thofe arms that ' gainst ourselves we bore ; Rouz'd by the lath of his own stubborn tail ...
... rage Of fome black ftar infecting all the flies , Made him at his own coft like Adam wife . Tremble ye nations , which fecure before , Laugh'd at thofe arms that ' gainst ourselves we bore ; Rouz'd by the lath of his own stubborn tail ...
Page 62
... rage deceive . 69 . In th ' English fleet each fhip refounds with joy , And loud applause of their great leader's fame : In fiery dreams the Dutch they fill destroy , And flumbering fimile at the imagin'd flame . 6 Among other ...
... rage deceive . 69 . In th ' English fleet each fhip refounds with joy , And loud applause of their great leader's fame : In fiery dreams the Dutch they fill destroy , And flumbering fimile at the imagin'd flame . 6 Among other ...
Page 122
... rage : The people's pray'r , the glad diviner's theme , The young men's vifion , and the old men's dream ! Thee , Saviour , thee the nation's vows confefs , And never fatisfy'd with feeing , bless : Swift unbespoken pomps thy fteps ...
... rage : The people's pray'r , the glad diviner's theme , The young men's vifion , and the old men's dream ! Thee , Saviour , thee the nation's vows confefs , And never fatisfy'd with feeing , bless : Swift unbespoken pomps thy fteps ...
Page 128
... rage his hunters tears . Your cafe no tame expedients will afford : Refolve on death , or conqueft by the fword , Which for no lefs a ftake than life you draw ; And felf - defence is nature's eldeft law . Leave the warm people no ...
... rage his hunters tears . Your cafe no tame expedients will afford : Refolve on death , or conqueft by the fword , Which for no lefs a ftake than life you draw ; And felf - defence is nature's eldeft law . Leave the warm people no ...
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