The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksW. Paterson, 1889 |
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... to think of nothing which can discompose your mind . A good con- science is a port which is land - locked on every side , and where no winds can possibly invade , no tempests can arise . There a man may stand upon OF THE GEORGICS .
... to think of nothing which can discompose your mind . A good con- science is a port which is land - locked on every side , and where no winds can possibly invade , no tempests can arise . There a man may stand upon OF THE GEORGICS .
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... land . Both these unhappy soils the swain forbears , And keeps a sabbath of alternate years , That the spent earth may gather heart again , And , bettered by cessation , bear the grain . At least where vetches , pulse and tares , have ...
... land . Both these unhappy soils the swain forbears , And keeps a sabbath of alternate years , That the spent earth may gather heart again , And , bettered by cessation , bear the grain . At least where vetches , pulse and tares , have ...
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... 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 that shade the plain , And heaven invoked with ...
... 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 that shade the plain , And heaven invoked with ...
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... land ; For lazy winter numbs the labouring hand . In genial winter , swains enjoy their store , Forget their hardships , and recruit for more . The farmer to full bowls invites his friends , And , what he got with pains , with pleasure ...
... land ; For lazy winter numbs the labouring hand . In genial winter , swains enjoy their store , Forget their hardships , and recruit for more . The farmer to full bowls invites his friends , And , what he got with pains , with pleasure ...
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... land and sea , And sailors in the port their promised vow shall pay . Above the rest , the sun , who never lies , Foretells the change of weather in the skies : For , if he rise unwilling to his race , Clouds on his brow , and spots ...
... land and sea , And sailors in the port their promised vow shall pay . Above the rest , the sun , who never lies , Foretells the change of weather in the skies : For , if he rise unwilling to his race , Clouds on his brow , and spots ...
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