The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3W. Pickering, 1832 |
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... better to laugh than to cry . CHORUS OF ALL THREE . ' Tis better to laugh than to cry . JANUS . Since Momus comes to laugh below , Old Time begin the show , That he may see , in every scene , What changes in this age have been . CHRONOS ...
... better to laugh than to cry . CHORUS OF ALL THREE . ' Tis better to laugh than to cry . JANUS . Since Momus comes to laugh below , Old Time begin the show , That he may see , in every scene , What changes in this age have been . CHRONOS ...
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... And let mankind agree ; Better the world were fast asleep , Than kept awake by thee . The fools are only thinner , With all our cost and care ; 30 50 55 55 60 65 But neither side a winner , For things are as OF DRYDEN . 23.
... And let mankind agree ; Better the world were fast asleep , Than kept awake by thee . The fools are only thinner , With all our cost and care ; 30 50 55 55 60 65 But neither side a winner , For things are as OF DRYDEN . 23.
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... better the sooner begun . CHORUS OF BOTH . At worst if he delay , & c . 35 [ They run out together hand in hand . SONGS IN THE INDIAN EMPEROR . I. AH fading joy ; how quickly art thou past ! Yet we thy ruin haste . As if the cares of ...
... better the sooner begun . CHORUS OF BOTH . At worst if he delay , & c . 35 [ They run out together hand in hand . SONGS IN THE INDIAN EMPEROR . I. AH fading joy ; how quickly art thou past ! Yet we thy ruin haste . As if the cares of ...
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... better fault than fear . He saw his but in so swift a pace , To choose the ground might be to lose the race . They then , who of each trip the advantage take , Find but those faults , which they want wit to make . EPILOGUE TO THE WILD ...
... better fault than fear . He saw his but in so swift a pace , To choose the ground might be to lose the race . They then , who of each trip the advantage take , Find but those faults , which they want wit to make . EPILOGUE TO THE WILD ...
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... better than to be by tarnish'd gawdry known . * This prologue must certainly have been written for the King's company , which I suppose at this time might have opened their house in Drury Lane . The reflection cast upon the taste of the ...
... better than to be by tarnish'd gawdry known . * This prologue must certainly have been written for the King's company , which I suppose at this time might have opened their house in Drury Lane . The reflection cast upon the taste of the ...
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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...