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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... Thou mak'ft the beauties of the Romans known , And England boafts of riches not her own : Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majefty , And Horace wonders at himfelf in thee . Thou teacheft Perfius to inform our ifle In fmoother numbers ...
... Thou mak'ft the beauties of the Romans known , And England boafts of riches not her own : Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majefty , And Horace wonders at himfelf in thee . Thou teacheft Perfius to inform our ifle In fmoother numbers ...
Page xiv
... thou still the 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 ...
... thou still the 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 ...
Page 55
... thou fhouldft wed the main , Heav'n , as a gage , would caft fome precious thing , And therefore doom'd that 2 Lawfon fhould be slain . 21 . Lawfon amongst the foremost met his fate , Whom fea - green Sirens from the rocks lament : Thus ...
... thou fhouldft wed the main , Heav'n , as a gage , would caft fome precious thing , And therefore doom'd that 2 Lawfon fhould be slain . 21 . Lawfon amongst the foremost met his fate , Whom fea - green Sirens from the rocks lament : Thus ...
Page 83
... , By an high fate thou greatly didit expire ; Great as the world's , which , at the death of time Must fall , and rife a nobler frame by fire , G 2 213. As 213 . As when fome dire ufurper heaven provides , ANNUS MIRABILIS . 83.
... , By an high fate thou greatly didit expire ; Great as the world's , which , at the death of time Must fall , and rife a nobler frame by fire , G 2 213. As 213 . As when fome dire ufurper heaven provides , ANNUS MIRABILIS . 83.
Page 90
... grief , Out - weeps an hermit , and out - prays a faint : All the long night he ftudies their relief , How they may be fupply'd , and he may want . 262 . O God faid he , thou patron of 262 , O go ANNUS MIRABILIS . 255. ...
... grief , Out - weeps an hermit , and out - prays a faint : All the long night he ftudies their relief , How they may be fupply'd , and he may want . 262 . O God faid he , thou patron of 262 , O go ANNUS MIRABILIS . 255. ...
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