The poetical works of John Dryden, ed. by C.C. Clarke1874 |
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... O'er whom Time gently shakes his wings of down , Till , with his silent sickle , they are mown . Such is not Charles ' too , too active age , Which , govern'd by the wild distemper'd rage Of some black star infecting all the skies ...
... O'er whom Time gently shakes his wings of down , Till , with his silent sickle , they are mown . Such is not Charles ' too , too active age , Which , govern'd by the wild distemper'd rage Of some black star infecting all the skies ...
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... o'er Such swarms of English to the neighbouring shore , To fetch that prize , by which Batavia made So rich amends for our impoverish'd trade . Oh ! had you seen from Schevelin's1 barren shore , ( Crowded with troops , and barren now no ...
... o'er Such swarms of English to the neighbouring shore , To fetch that prize , by which Batavia made So rich amends for our impoverish'd trade . Oh ! had you seen from Schevelin's1 barren shore , ( Crowded with troops , and barren now no ...
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... o'er the gaudy spring , And open'd scenes of flowers and blossoms bring , To grace this happy day , while you appear , Not king of us alone , but of the year . All eyes you draw , and with the eyes the heart : Of your own pomp ...
... o'er the gaudy spring , And open'd scenes of flowers and blossoms bring , To grace this happy day , while you appear , Not king of us alone , but of the year . All eyes you draw , and with the eyes the heart : Of your own pomp ...
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... O'er them , whose cause he seems to take in hand ; And prudently would make them lords at sea , To whom with ease he can give laws by land . 10 This saw our King ; and long within his breast His pensive counsels balanced to and fro : He ...
... O'er them , whose cause he seems to take in hand ; And prudently would make them lords at sea , To whom with ease he can give laws by land . 10 This saw our King ; and long within his breast His pensive counsels balanced to and fro : He ...
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... o'er martial people set , Each other's poise and counterbalance are . 13 He first survey'd the charge with careful eyes , Which none but mighty monarchs could maintain ; Yet judged , like vapours that from limbecks rise , It would in ...
... o'er martial people set , Each other's poise and counterbalance are . 13 He first survey'd the charge with careful eyes , Which none but mighty monarchs could maintain ; Yet judged , like vapours that from limbecks rise , It would in ...
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Page 30 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Page 62 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Page 90 - Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain; Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Page 296 - But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day.
Page 111 - Gainst form and order they their power employ, Nothing to build and all things to destroy. But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. These out of mere instinct, they knew not why, Adored their fathers...
Page 100 - 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 295 - Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense.
Page 112 - He laughed himself from Court ; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief : For spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel ; Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left.
Page 96 - Of men by laws less circumscribed and bound, They led their wild desires to woods and caves And thought that all but savages were slaves.
Page 185 - I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.