Stanzas on the Death of Oliver Cromwell: Astraea Redux; Annus Mirabilis; Absalom and Achitohel; Religio Laici; The Hind and the PantherClarendon Press, 1874 - 301 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 31
Page xxxv
... crown passed to his brother James . Before the King's death Dryden had written an opera , ' Albion and Albanius , ' to celebrate the triumph of the court party over the opposition ; this had not yet been publicly acted , but it had been ...
... crown passed to his brother James . Before the King's death Dryden had written an opera , ' Albion and Albanius , ' to celebrate the triumph of the court party over the opposition ; this had not yet been publicly acted , but it had been ...
Page lv
... crown from those Prætorian bands , But knows that right is in this Senate's hands . Kings make their poets whom themselves think fit , But ' tis your suffrage makes authentic wit.'m The plays of Dryden , as plays , contribute little to ...
... crown from those Prætorian bands , But knows that right is in this Senate's hands . Kings make their poets whom themselves think fit , But ' tis your suffrage makes authentic wit.'m The plays of Dryden , as plays , contribute little to ...
Page 4
... crown he did fresh jewels bring ; Nor was his virtue poisoned , soon as born , With the too early thoughts of being king . 8 Fortune , that easy mistress of the young , But to her ancient servants coy and hard , Him at that age her ...
... crown he did fresh jewels bring ; Nor was his virtue poisoned , soon as born , With the too early thoughts of being king . 8 Fortune , that easy mistress of the young , But to her ancient servants coy and hard , Him at that age her ...
Page 11
... sires , not with their own content , Had , ere we came to age , our portion spent . Nor could our nobles hope their bold attempt Who ruined crowns would coronets exempt : 30 For when , by their designing leaders taught To strike.
... sires , not with their own content , Had , ere we came to age , our portion spent . Nor could our nobles hope their bold attempt Who ruined crowns would coronets exempt : 30 For when , by their designing leaders taught To strike.
Page 12
... crown from treason's reach is free , If Jove and heaven can violated be ? ) 40 The lesser gods that shared his prosperous state All suffered in the exiled Thunderer's fate . The rabble now such freedom did enjoy As winds at sea that use ...
... crown from treason's reach is free , If Jove and heaven can violated be ? ) 40 The lesser gods that shared his prosperous state All suffered in the exiled Thunderer's fate . The rabble now such freedom did enjoy As winds at sea that use ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Absalom and Achitophel Albion and Albanius Amalek Annus Mirabilis Astræa Redux Augustalis blood bold called changed Charles Church Church of England cloth College common conscience Cromwell crown dare death dedicated Derrick Dryden Duchess Duke of Guise Duke of York Dutch Earl edition of 1688 editors England English Extra fcap faith fame fate father fcap fear fight fire fleet foes France French friends grace Heaven Hind Holland honour Hudibras including Scott Jebusites kind King laws Lord means never numbers o'er Oliver Cromwell original edition Ovid Oxford Palamon and Arcite Panther passage peace plain play poet praise Prince printed published reign rest Restoration rhymes Roman Catholic sacred Satire says Scripture Second Edition sects sense Shaftesbury Shakespeare soul spelling spelt stanza thou thought Threnodia Augustalis throne Tis true translation Twas verse Virgil wind wings word
Popular passages
Page 92 - A fiery soul which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Page 283 - They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. 6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
Page lvi - But know, that I alone am king of me. I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 285 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Page x - For this reason, though he must always be thought a great poet, he is no longer esteemed a good writer; and for ten impressions, which his works have had in so many successive years, yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth; for, as my last Lord Rochester said, though somewhat profanely, Not being of God, he could not stand.
Page 102 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 266 - And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass he lived.
Page 103 - Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both to show his judgment, in extremes : So over violent or over civil, That every man with him was God or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert, Beggared by fools whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had...
Page 92 - He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Page 98 - And made for empire, whispers me within, Desire of greatness is a god-like sin. Him staggering so, when hell's dire agent found, While fainting virtue scarce...