The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksW. Paterson, 1889 |
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... gods who are any way related to his subject , he addresses himself , in particular , to Augustus , whom he compliments with divinity ; and after strikes into his business . He shows the different kinds of tillage proper to different ...
... gods who are any way related to his subject , he addresses himself , in particular , to Augustus , whom he compliments with divinity ; and after strikes into his business . He shows the different kinds of tillage proper to different ...
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... gods and goddesses , that wear The rural honours , and increase the year ; You , who supply the ground with seeds of grain ; And you , who swell those seeds with kindly rain ; And chiefly thou , whose undetermined state Is yet the ...
... gods and goddesses , that wear The rural honours , and increase the year ; You , who supply the ground with seeds of grain ; And you , who swell those seeds with kindly rain ; And chiefly thou , whose undetermined state Is yet the ...
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... gods his glory shrouds , Involved in tempests , and a night of clouds ; And , from the middle darkness flashing out ... god ; BOOK I. 85 GEORGICS .
... gods his glory shrouds , Involved in tempests , and a night of clouds ; And , from the middle darkness flashing out ... god ; BOOK I. 85 GEORGICS .
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... gods above . Nor must Bumastus his old honours lose , In length and largeness like the dugs of cows . I pass the rest , whose every race , and name , And kinds , are less material to my theme ; Which , who would learn , as soon may tell ...
... gods above . Nor must Bumastus his old honours lose , In length and largeness like the dugs of cows . I pass the rest , whose every race , and name , And kinds , are less material to my theme ; Which , who would learn , as soon may tell ...
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... god's command , Preventing the slow sacrificer's hand . Or , by the holy butcher if he fell , The inspected entrails could no fates foretell ; Nor , laid on altars , did pure flames arise ; But clouds of smouldering smoke forbade the ...
... god's command , Preventing the slow sacrificer's hand . Or , by the holy butcher if he fell , The inspected entrails could no fates foretell ; Nor , laid on altars , did pure flames arise ; But clouds of smouldering smoke forbade the ...
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