John DrydenDryden's poetry is straightforward, bold, and energetic. He was in the public eye for some forty years, holding positions at court for a long period of time. He was indisputably perceived as the leading writer of his day. He excelled in all the types of writing practiced at the time. He wrote more, and in more genres than anyone. He accumulated to himself (it is a odd distinction) a huge mass of attacks, ranging from the reasoned to the scabrous. Dryden explained his attitudes and intentions in a large number of prologues, epilogues, prefaces, defences, and vindications-thereby quite casually producing the first body of what we now call 'criticism' in English. And yet his life and character remain something of a mystery. |
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... mind too much . So unexhausted her perfections were , That , for more children , she had more to spare ; For souls unborn , whom her untimely death Deprived of bodies , and of mortal breath ; And could they take the impressions of her mind ...
... mind too much . So unexhausted her perfections were , That , for more children , she had more to spare ; For souls unborn , whom her untimely death Deprived of bodies , and of mortal breath ; And could they take the impressions of her mind ...
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... mind , They left their steeds , and prostrate on the place , From the fierce king implored the offenders ' grace . He paused a while , stood silent in his mood ; ( For yet his rage was boiling in his blood ; ) But soon his tender mind ...
... mind , They left their steeds , and prostrate on the place , From the fierce king implored the offenders ' grace . He paused a while , stood silent in his mood ; ( For yet his rage was boiling in his blood ; ) But soon his tender mind ...
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... mind . Awakes the sleepy vigour of the soul , And , brushing o'er , adds motion to the pool . Love , studious how to please , improves our parts With polished manners , and adorns with arts . Love first invented verse , and formed the ...
... mind . Awakes the sleepy vigour of the soul , And , brushing o'er , adds motion to the pool . Love , studious how to please , improves our parts With polished manners , and adorns with arts . Love first invented verse , and formed the ...
Contents
To John Hoddesdon on his Divine Epigrams I | 1 |
Astraea Redux | 9 |
Absalom and Achitophel | 177 |
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