The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... 'd the fail ; Portunus took his turn , whose ample hand Heav'd up his lighten'd keel , and funk the fand , And fteer'd the facred veffel fafe to land . The The land , if not restrain'd , had met your 50 DRYDEN'S POEMS .
... 'd the fail ; Portunus took his turn , whose ample hand Heav'd up his lighten'd keel , and funk the fand , And fteer'd the facred veffel fafe to land . The The land , if not restrain'd , had met your 50 DRYDEN'S POEMS .
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... confederate host : But Creon , old and impious , who commands The Theban city , and ufurps the lands , Denies the rites of funeral fires to thofe Whose breathlefs Denies PALAMON AND ARCITE . 57 Or are you injur'd, and demand relief ? ...
... confederate host : But Creon , old and impious , who commands The Theban city , and ufurps the lands , Denies the rites of funeral fires to thofe Whose breathlefs Denies PALAMON AND ARCITE . 57 Or are you injur'd, and demand relief ? ...
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Samuel Johnson. Denies the rites of funeral fires to thofe Whose breathlefs bodies yet he calls his foes . Unburn'd , unbury'd , on a heap they lie ; Such is their fate , and fuch his tyranny ; No friend has leave to bear away the dead ...
Samuel Johnson. Denies the rites of funeral fires to thofe Whose breathlefs bodies yet he calls his foes . Unburn'd , unbury'd , on a heap they lie ; Such is their fate , and fuch his tyranny ; No friend has leave to bear away the dead ...
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... Whose faith I trust , and on whofe care depend : And would'st thou court my lady's love , which I Much rather than release would choose to die ? But thou , falfe Arcite , never fhalt obtain Thy bad pretence ; I told thee firft my pain ...
... Whose faith I trust , and on whofe care depend : And would'st thou court my lady's love , which I Much rather than release would choose to die ? But thou , falfe Arcite , never fhalt obtain Thy bad pretence ; I told thee firft my pain ...
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... whose graceful dance did most surprize ; Soft amorous fighs , and filent love of eyes . The rivals call my Muse another way , To fing their vigils for th ' enfuing day . ' Twas ebbing darkness , paft the noon of night ; And Phospher ...
... whose graceful dance did most surprize ; Soft amorous fighs , and filent love of eyes . The rivals call my Muse another way , To fing their vigils for th ' enfuing day . ' Twas ebbing darkness , paft the noon of night ; And Phospher ...
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Página 43 - I will only say that it was not for this noble Knight that I drew the plan of an epic poem on King Arthur in my preface to the translation of Juvenal. The Guardian Angels of Kingdoms were machines too ponderous for him to manage...
Página 242 - He wander'd on, unknowing where he went Lost in the wood, and all on love intent : The Day already half his race had run, And summon'd him to due repast at noon, But Love could feel no hunger but lu's own.
Página 93 - Twas all it had, for windows there were none. The gate was adamant; eternal frame! Which, hew'd by Mars himself, from Indian quarries came, The labour of a god; and all along Tough iron plates were clench 'd to make it strong.
Página 298 - A creature of a more exalted kind Was wanting yet, and then was Man design'd ; Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast, For empire form'd, and fit to rule the rest...
Página 43 - 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.
Página 26 - One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way; but swept like a drag-net great and small.
Página 66 - Till each with mortal hate his rival view'd; Now friends no more, nor walking hand in hand; But when they met, they made a surly stand; And glared like angry lions as they pass'd, And wish'd that every look might be their last.
Página 239 - This noble youth to madness loved a dame Of high degree, Honoria was her name : Fair as the fairest, but of haughty mind, And fiercer than became so soft a kind ; Proud of her birth, (for equal she had none) The rest she scorn'd; but hated him alone.
Página 32 - May I have leave to do myself the justice (since my enemies will do me none, and are so far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me so much as to be a Christian, or a moral man), may I have leave, I say...
Página 132 - The attentive, audience, thus his will declared: The Cause and Spring of motion, from above, Hung down on earth the golden chain of Love: Great was the effect, and high was his intent, When peace among the jarring seeds he sent.