The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksW. Paterson, 1889 |
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Page 40
... eyes , And a pale sickly cheek , salute the skies ; How shall the vine , with tender leaves , defend Her teeming clusters , when the storms descend , When ridgy roofs and tiles can scarce avail To bar the ruin of the rattling hail ? But ...
... eyes , And a pale sickly cheek , salute the skies ; How shall the vine , with tender leaves , defend Her teeming clusters , when the storms descend , When ridgy roofs and tiles can scarce avail To bar the ruin of the rattling hail ? But ...
Page 65
... eyes devouring , as they pass , The breathing figures of Corinthian brass . No statues threaten , from high pedestals ; No Persian arras hides his homely walls , With antic vests , which , through their shady fold , Betray the streaks ...
... eyes devouring , as they pass , The breathing figures of Corinthian brass . No statues threaten , from high pedestals ; No Persian arras hides his homely walls , With antic vests , which , through their shady fold , Betray the streaks ...
Page 68
... . He calls on Bacchus , and propounds the prize ; The groom his fellow - groom at butts defies , And bends his bow , and levels with his eyes ; Or , stript for wrestling , smears his limbs with 68 BOOK II . GEORGICS .
... . He calls on Bacchus , and propounds the prize ; The groom his fellow - groom at butts defies , And bends his bow , and levels with his eyes ; Or , stript for wrestling , smears his limbs with 68 BOOK II . GEORGICS .
Page 75
... eyes clouds from his nostrils flow : He bears his rider headlong on the foe . Such was the steed in Grecian poets famed , Proud Cyllarus , by Spartan Pollux tamed : Such coursers bore to fight the god of Thrace ; And such , Achilles ...
... eyes clouds from his nostrils flow : He bears his rider headlong on the foe . Such was the steed in Grecian poets famed , Proud Cyllarus , by Spartan Pollux tamed : Such coursers bore to fight the god of Thrace ; And such , Achilles ...
Page 76
... eyes . The hindmost blows the foam upon the first : Such is the love of praise , an honourable thirst . Bold Erichthonius was the first who joined Four horses for the rapid race designed , And o'er the dusty wheels presiding sate : The ...
... eyes . The hindmost blows the foam upon the first : Such is the love of praise , an honourable thirst . Bold Erichthonius was the first who joined Four horses for the rapid race designed , And o'er the dusty wheels presiding sate : The ...
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