The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3W. Pickering, 1832 |
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... fields of light , Condemn'd in shades to drag the chain , And fill with groans the gloomy plain ; Since pleasures here are none below , Be ill our good , our joy be woe ; Our work t ' embroil the worlds above , Disturb their union ...
... fields of light , Condemn'd in shades to drag the chain , And fill with groans the gloomy plain ; Since pleasures here are none below , Be ill our good , our joy be woe ; Our work t ' embroil the worlds above , Disturb their union ...
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... field ! But when Clarinda comes in sight , She makes the summer's day more bright ; And when she goes away , ' tis night . CHORUS . When fair Clarinda comes in sight , & c . WOMAN SINGS . ' Tis sweet the blushing morn to view ; And ...
... field ! But when Clarinda comes in sight , She makes the summer's day more bright ; And when she goes away , ' tis night . CHORUS . When fair Clarinda comes in sight , & c . WOMAN SINGS . ' Tis sweet the blushing morn to view ; And ...
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... fields is valour ; but how few Dare be so thoroughly valiant , -to be true ! The name of great let other kings affect : He's great indeed , the prince that is direct . 15 His subjects know him now , and trust him more OF DRYDEN . 97 ...
... fields is valour ; but how few Dare be so thoroughly valiant , -to be true ! The name of great let other kings affect : He's great indeed , the prince that is direct . 15 His subjects know him now , and trust him more OF DRYDEN . 97 ...
Page 100
... field is o'er ; " Tis time to let your civil wars alone , When troops are into winter quarters gone . Jove was alike to Latian and to Phrygian ; And you well know , a play's of no religion . Take good advice , and please yourselves this ...
... field is o'er ; " Tis time to let your civil wars alone , When troops are into winter quarters gone . Jove was alike to Latian and to Phrygian ; And you well know , a play's of no religion . Take good advice , and please yourselves this ...
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... fields , in 1696. D. 15 The poet's gain is ne'er beyond his day ] Dryden did not receive for his plays from the bookseller above 25l . The third night brought about 701. The Dedication five or ten guineas perhaps . Tonson paid Sir ...
... fields , in 1696. D. 15 The poet's gain is ne'er beyond his day ] Dryden did not receive for his plays from the bookseller above 25l . The third night brought about 701. The Dedication five or ten guineas perhaps . Tonson paid Sir ...
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ALBION AND ALBANIUS AMYNTAS Arcite arms beauty behold betwixt blood breast call'd Chaucer CHORUS damn dare dead death delight disdain dost Dryden e'en e'er earth Emily English EPILOGUE eyes fair fate fear fight fire fool fops GEORGE ETHERIDGE give grace happy haste heart heaven honour hope humour JOHN DRYDEN joys judge kind king live look'd lord Lord Roscommon lovers Lucretius mighty mind MOMUS monarch mortal muse nature ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er Ovid pain Palamon Phyllis Pindar pity plain play pleas'd pleasure poet prince PROLOGUE queen rais'd reign reviving play rhyme sacred scarce scenes sense sigh'd sing song Sophocles soul sound stage sweet Thebes thee Theocritus Theseus things thou thought Timotheus translated true twas UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Venus verse Virgil whate'er Whig words wretch writ write youth
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Page 17 - 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 17 - See the Furies arise! See the snakes that they rear How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
Page 4 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Page 16 - Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee.
Page 4 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Page 13 - And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove, Who left his blissful seats above — Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Page 186 - Tales, their humours, their features, and the very dress, as distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark.
Page 12 - TwAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...
Page 183 - I have endeavoured to choose such fables, both ancient and modern, as contain in each of them some instructive moral ; which I could prove by induction, but the way is tedious ; and they leap foremost into sight, without the reader's trouble of looking after them. I wish I could affirm with a safe conscience, that I had taken the same care in all my former writings...
Page 14 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face : Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...