The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3W. Pickering, 1832 |
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... force renew my chains ; Where now you rule without control The mighty sovereign of my soul . 5 Your smiles have more of conquering charms Than all your native country arms : 10 Their troops we can expel with ease , Who vanquish only ...
... force renew my chains ; Where now you rule without control The mighty sovereign of my soul . 5 Your smiles have more of conquering charms Than all your native country arms : 10 Their troops we can expel with ease , Who vanquish only ...
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... force my way to Phillis , and break through [ Here they break from their keepers , run to each other , and embrace . PHILLIS . Shall I marry the man I love ? And shall I conclude my pains ? Now bless'd be the powers above , I feel the ...
... force my way to Phillis , and break through [ Here they break from their keepers , run to each other , and embrace . PHILLIS . Shall I marry the man I love ? And shall I conclude my pains ? Now bless'd be the powers above , I feel the ...
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... force of any lightning but the eye . 5 As Jupiter ] It was a sister of the Duchess of Marl- borough , a maid of honour , and afterwards Duchess of Tir- connel , celebrated by Grammont , that acted in the Masque of Calisto at court ...
... force of any lightning but the eye . 5 As Jupiter ] It was a sister of the Duchess of Marl- borough , a maid of honour , and afterwards Duchess of Tir- connel , celebrated by Grammont , that acted in the Masque of Calisto at court ...
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... force of these withstand . ' Tis here that sovereign power admits dispute ; Beauty sometimes is justly absolute . Our sullen Catos , whatsoe'er they say , E'en while they frown and dictate laws , obey . You , mighty sir , our bonds more ...
... force of these withstand . ' Tis here that sovereign power admits dispute ; Beauty sometimes is justly absolute . Our sullen Catos , whatsoe'er they say , E'en while they frown and dictate laws , obey . You , mighty sir , our bonds more ...
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... than one ; And therefore two lay tugging at the piece , With all their force , to draw the ponderous mass from Greece ; A weight that bent e'en Seneca's strong muse , 5 And which Corneille's shoulders did refuse . So hard it OF DRYDEN . 69.
... than one ; And therefore two lay tugging at the piece , With all their force , to draw the ponderous mass from Greece ; A weight that bent e'en Seneca's strong muse , 5 And which Corneille's shoulders did refuse . So hard it OF DRYDEN . 69.
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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...