The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksW. Paterson, 1889 |
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... field of battle , shows him the first to pass the bridge which trembles under him , and to stem the torrent of the flood . His beginnings must be in rashness - a noble fault : but time and experience will correct that error , and tame ...
... field of battle , shows him the first to pass the bridge which trembles under him , and to stem the torrent of the flood . His beginnings must be in rashness - a noble fault : but time and experience will correct that error , and tame ...
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... fields and woods , and has the most delightful part of nature for its province . It raises in our minds a pleasing variety of scenes and landscapes , whilst it teaches us , and makes the driest of its precepts look like a description ...
... fields and woods , and has the most delightful part of nature for its province . It raises in our minds a pleasing variety of scenes and landscapes , whilst it teaches us , and makes the driest of its precepts look like a description ...
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... field once in the whole Georgic . His method , in describing month after month , with its proper seasons and employments , is too grave and simple ; it takes off from the surprise and variety of the poem , and makes the whole look but ...
... field once in the whole Georgic . His method , in describing month after month , with its proper seasons and employments , is too grave and simple ; it takes off from the surprise and variety of the poem , and makes the whole look but ...
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... fields and plains protect , Who rule the seasons , and the year direct , Bacchus and fostering Ceres , powers divine , Who gave us corn for mast , for water , wine- 10 Ye Fauns , propitious to the rural swains , Ye Nymphs , that haunt ...
... fields and plains protect , Who rule the seasons , and the year direct , Bacchus and fostering Ceres , powers divine , Who gave us corn for mast , for water , wine- 10 Ye Fauns , propitious to the rural swains , Ye Nymphs , that haunt ...
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... fields and mountains to my song repair . Inventor , Pallas , of the fattening oil , Thou founder of the plough , and ploughman's toil ;. And thou , whose hands the shroud - like cypress rear , Come , all ye gods and goddesses , that ...
... fields and mountains to my song repair . Inventor , Pallas , of the fattening oil , Thou founder of the plough , and ploughman's toil ;. And thou , whose hands the shroud - like cypress rear , Come , all ye gods and goddesses , that ...
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