The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksW. Paterson, 1889 |
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... peaceful ground , Which only turfs and greens for altars found : No fences parted fields , nor marks nor bounds Distinguished acres of litigious grounds ; But all was common , and the fruitful earth Was free to give her unexacted birth ...
... peaceful ground , Which only turfs and greens for altars found : No fences parted fields , nor marks nor bounds Distinguished acres of litigious grounds ; But all was common , and the fruitful earth Was free to give her unexacted birth ...
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... peaceful peasant to the wars is pressed ; The fields lie fallow in inglorious rest ; The plain no pasture to the flock affords ; The crooked scythes are straightened into swords : And there Euphrates her soft offspring arms , And here ...
... peaceful peasant to the wars is pressed ; The fields lie fallow in inglorious rest ; The plain no pasture to the flock affords ; The crooked scythes are straightened into swords : And there Euphrates her soft offspring arms , And here ...
Page 52
... peace at home . Hail , sweet Saturnian soil of fruitful grain Great parent , greater of illustrious men ! For thee my tuneful accents will I raise , And treat of arts disclosed in ancient days , Once more unlock for thee the sacred ...
... peace at home . Hail , sweet Saturnian soil of fruitful grain Great parent , greater of illustrious men ! For thee my tuneful accents will I raise , And treat of arts disclosed in ancient days , Once more unlock for thee the sacred ...
Page 57
... , and shades the un- grateful plain . Be not seduced with wisdom's empty shows , To stir the peaceful ground where Boreas blows . 400 405 410 415 420 425 When winter frosts constrain the field with cold , The BOOK II . 57 GEORGICS .
... , and shades the un- grateful plain . Be not seduced with wisdom's empty shows , To stir the peaceful ground where Boreas blows . 400 405 410 415 420 425 When winter frosts constrain the field with cold , The BOOK II . 57 GEORGICS .
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... peaceful vines from pruning - hooks are free , When husbands have surveyed the last degree , And utmost files of plants , and ordered every tree ; Dryden seems to have left this verse unfinished , for all editions prior to Dr. Carey's ...
... peaceful vines from pruning - hooks are free , When husbands have surveyed the last degree , And utmost files of plants , and ordered every tree ; Dryden seems to have left this verse unfinished , for all editions prior to Dr. Carey's ...
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