The poetical works of John Dryden, ed. by C.C. Clarke1874 |
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Page 103
... doubtful succour he should use , A foreign aid would more incense the Jews : Proud Egypt would dissembled friendship bring ; Foment the war , but not support the king : Nor would the royal party e'er unite With Pharaoh's arms to assist ...
... doubtful succour he should use , A foreign aid would more incense the Jews : Proud Egypt would dissembled friendship bring ; Foment the war , but not support the king : Nor would the royal party e'er unite With Pharaoh's arms to assist ...
Page 107
... doubtful title into law ; If not , the people have a right supreme To make their kings , for kings are made for them . All empire is no more than power in trust , Which , when resumed , can be no longer just . Succession , for the ...
... doubtful title into law ; If not , the people have a right supreme To make their kings , for kings are made for them . All empire is no more than power in trust , Which , when resumed , can be no longer just . Succession , for the ...
Page 131
... doubtful passage you are gone , And only can be safe by pressing on . The crown's true heir , a prince severe and wise , Has view'd your motions long with jealous eyes , Your person's charms , your more prevailing arts , And mark'd your ...
... doubtful passage you are gone , And only can be safe by pressing on . The crown's true heir , a prince severe and wise , Has view'd your motions long with jealous eyes , Your person's charms , your more prevailing arts , And mark'd your ...
Page 143
... doubtful nations watch his arms , With terror each expecting his alarms . Where , Judah ! where was now thy lion's roar ? Thou only couldst the captive lands restore ; But thou , with inbred broils and faction press'd , From Egypt ...
... doubtful nations watch his arms , With terror each expecting his alarms . Where , Judah ! where was now thy lion's roar ? Thou only couldst the captive lands restore ; But thou , with inbred broils and faction press'd , From Egypt ...
Page 154
... doubtful scale of David's fate ; The rest of that illustrious band rehearse , Immortalized in laurell'd Asaph's verse : Hard task ! yet will not I thy flight recall , View heaven , and then enjoy thy glorious fall . 927 940 First write ...
... doubtful scale of David's fate ; The rest of that illustrious band rehearse , Immortalized in laurell'd Asaph's verse : Hard task ! yet will not I thy flight recall , View heaven , and then enjoy thy glorious fall . 927 940 First write ...
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Absalom Absalom and Achitophel Achitophel Albion and Albanius Amyntas Arcite beauty behold Bessus blessing blest blood bold breast Charles Charles II Chaucer Church crimes crowd crown cursed dare David's death design'd divine Dryden English eyes faction fair faith fame fate father fear fight fire foes fool force friends grace hand happy hast heart Heaven Hind honour hope Jebusites JOHN DRYDEN judge kind king labour land laws live lord mighty mind monarch Muse nature ne'er never noble numbers o'er once Ovid Panther peace plain play plot poem poet praise pretend prince Prologue race rage reign rest rhyme royal sacred satire Scripture sects seem'd sense Shadwell sight soul sure thee Theseus thou thought throne true truth twas University of Oxford verse Virgil virtue Whigs wind wise words write youth
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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.