The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations, with Notes, Volumen2F. C. and J. Rivington, 1811 |
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... Jove ; Remember him who lately feem'd to fay , What is Religion but a Solemn Play ? We do but act a while , and then give o'er ; And , when we quit this stage , we are no more . - Without unfpotted , innocent within , She fear'd no danger.
... Jove ; Remember him who lately feem'd to fay , What is Religion but a Solemn Play ? We do but act a while , and then give o'er ; And , when we quit this stage , we are no more . - Without unfpotted , innocent within , She fear'd no danger.
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... She must be chafte , because she's lov'd by me . How dear is Mother - Church , how charming fair , To a diftreffed finner in defpair ! The world shall fee I'll turn , because I dare . As once Empedocles to get a name , Wing'd with ...
... She must be chafte , because she's lov'd by me . How dear is Mother - Church , how charming fair , To a diftreffed finner in defpair ! The world shall fee I'll turn , because I dare . As once Empedocles to get a name , Wing'd with ...
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... She were too good to be a beaft of prey ! How can I praise , or blame , and not offend , Or how divide the frailty from the friend ? Her faults and virtues lie fo mix'd , that she Nor wholly ftands condemn'd , nor wholly free . Then ...
... She were too good to be a beaft of prey ! How can I praise , or blame , and not offend , Or how divide the frailty from the friend ? Her faults and virtues lie fo mix'd , that she Nor wholly ftands condemn'd , nor wholly free . Then ...
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... She half commits , who fins but in her will . 340 If , as our dreaming Platonists report , There could be fpirits of a middle fort , Too black for heaven , and yet too white for hell , Who juft dropt half way down , nor lower fell ; So ...
... She half commits , who fins but in her will . 340 If , as our dreaming Platonists report , There could be fpirits of a middle fort , Too black for heaven , and yet too white for hell , Who juft dropt half way down , nor lower fell ; So ...
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... she chang'd her head , Yet , as the mistress of a monarch's bed , Her front erect with majefty fhe bore , The crofier weilded , and the mitre wore . 395 Her upper part of decent difcipline Shewed affectation of an ancient line ; And ...
... she chang'd her head , Yet , as the mistress of a monarch's bed , Her front erect with majefty fhe bore , The crofier weilded , and the mitre wore . 395 Her upper part of decent difcipline Shewed affectation of an ancient line ; And ...
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Página 344 - 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.
Página 337 - With flying fingers touched the lyre : The trembling notes ascend the sky, 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...
Página 324 - Less than a God they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well.
Página 174 - Near these a Nursery erects its head. Where queens are form'd, and future heroes bred ; Where unfledg'd actors learn to laugh and cry, Where infant punks their tender voices try, And little Maximins the gods defy.
Página 344 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Página 339 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure ; Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain.
Página 571 - As for the Dog, the Furies, and their snakes, The gloomy caverns, and the burning lakes, And all the vain infernal trumpery, They neither are, nor were, nor e'er can be.
Página 241 - 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.
Página 336 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Página 514 - English, in poetical expressions, and in musical numbers; for, though all these are exceeding difficult to perform, there yet remains an harder task ; and it is a secret of which few translators have sufficiently thought. I have already hinted a word or two concerning it ; that is, the...