The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksW. Paterson, 1889 |
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Page 13
... head with Pastoral : a division by no means proper , unless we suppose the style of a husband- man ought to be imitated in a Georgic , as that of a shepherd is in a Pastoral . But , though the scene of both these poems lies in the same ...
... head with Pastoral : a division by no means proper , unless we suppose the style of a husband- man ought to be imitated in a Georgic , as that of a shepherd is in a Pastoral . But , though the scene of both these poems lies in the same ...
Page 17
... heads stooping to the ground , and their tails clapt between their legs ; the goats and oxen are almost flayed with cold : but it is not so bad with the sheep , because they have a thick coat of wool about them . The old men too are ...
... heads stooping to the ground , and their tails clapt between their legs ; the goats and oxen are almost flayed with cold : but it is not so bad with the sheep , because they have a thick coat of wool about them . The old men too are ...
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... head's unwieldy weight , Sends in his feeding flocks betimes , to invade The rising bulk of the luxuriant blade , Ere yet the aspiring offspring of the grain O'ertops the ridges of the furrowed plain ; And drains the standing waters ...
... head's unwieldy weight , Sends in his feeding flocks betimes , to invade The rising bulk of the luxuriant blade , Ere yet the aspiring offspring of the grain O'ertops the ridges of the furrowed plain ; And drains the standing waters ...
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... head above the shining ears ; So that , unless the land with daily care Is exercised , and , with an iron war Of rakes and harrows , the proud foes expelled , And birds with clamours frighted from the field- Unless the boughs are lopped ...
... head above the shining ears ; So that , unless the land with daily care Is exercised , and , with an iron war Of rakes and harrows , the proud foes expelled , And birds with clamours frighted from the field- Unless the boughs are lopped ...
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... head , produce an ear ; And sink a socket for the shining share . Of beech the plough - tail , and the bending yoke , Or softer linden hardened in the smoke . I could be long in precepts ; but I fear So mean a subject might offend your ...
... head , produce an ear ; And sink a socket for the shining share . Of beech the plough - tail , and the bending yoke , Or softer linden hardened in the smoke . I could be long in precepts ; but I fear So mean a subject might offend your ...
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