The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksW. Paterson, 1889 |
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... face it o'er ; And let the weighty roller run the round , To smooth the surface of the unequal ground ; Lest , cracked with summer heats , the flooring flies , Or sinks , and through the crannies weeds arise : For sundry foes the rural ...
... face it o'er ; And let the weighty roller run the round , To smooth the surface of the unequal ground ; Lest , cracked with summer heats , the flooring flies , Or sinks , and through the crannies weeds arise : For sundry foes the rural ...
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... face of heaven : And oft whole sheets descend of sluicy rain , Sucked by the spongy clouds from off the main : The lofty skies at once come pouring down , The promised crop and golden labours drown . The dykes are filled ; and , with a ...
... face of heaven : And oft whole sheets descend of sluicy rain , Sucked by the spongy clouds from off the main : The lofty skies at once come pouring down , The promised crop and golden labours drown . The dykes are filled ; and , with a ...
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... face ; The frogs renew the croaks of their loquacious race ; The careful ant her secret cell forsakes , And drags her eggs along the narrow tracks : At either horn the rainbow drinks the flood : Huge flocks of rising rooks forsake their ...
... face ; The frogs renew the croaks of their loquacious race ; The careful ant her secret cell forsakes , And drags her eggs along the narrow tracks : At either horn the rainbow drinks the flood : Huge flocks of rising rooks forsake their ...
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... face with fiery flushing glow , Expect the rattling winds aloft to blow . But , four nights old ( for that's the surest sign ) , With sharpened horns if glorious then she shine , Next day , nor only that , but all the moon , " Till her ...
... face with fiery flushing glow , Expect the rattling winds aloft to blow . But , four nights old ( for that's the surest sign ) , With sharpened horns if glorious then she shine , Next day , nor only that , but all the moon , " Till her ...
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... face , And dances in the wind , those fields are in his grace . To Bacchus therefore let us tune our lays , And in our mother tongue resound his praise . Thin cakes in chargers , and a guilty goat , 525 530 585 540 Dragged by the horns ...
... face , And dances in the wind , those fields are in his grace . To Bacchus therefore let us tune our lays , And in our mother tongue resound his praise . Thin cakes in chargers , and a guilty goat , 525 530 585 540 Dragged by the horns ...
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