The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksW. Paterson, 1889 |
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Page 13
... plain and direct instructions to the reader ; whether they be moral duties , as those of Theognis and Pythagoras , or philosophical specula- tions , as those of Aratus and Lucretius , or rules of practice , as those of Hesiod and Virgil ...
... plain and direct instructions to the reader ; whether they be moral duties , as those of Theognis and Pythagoras , or philosophical specula- tions , as those of Aratus and Lucretius , or rules of practice , as those of Hesiod and Virgil ...
Page 14
... plain and direct mention of it would have been . It is in the Second Georgic , where he tells us what trees will bear grafting on each other- Et sæpe alterius ramos impune videmus Vertere in alterius , mutatamque insita mala Ferre pyrum ...
... plain and direct mention of it would have been . It is in the Second Georgic , where he tells us what trees will bear grafting on each other- Et sæpe alterius ramos impune videmus Vertere in alterius , mutatamque insita mala Ferre pyrum ...
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... 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 the ...
... 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 the ...
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... plain ; And drains the standing waters , when they yield Too large a beverage to the drunken field . But most in autumn , and the showery spring , When dubious months uncertain weather bring ; When fountains open , when impetuous rain ...
... plain ; And drains the standing waters , when they yield Too large a beverage to the drunken field . But most in autumn , and the showery spring , When dubious months uncertain weather bring ; When fountains open , when impetuous rain ...
Page 29
... plain , And heaven invoked with vows for fruitful rain- * On other crops you may with envy look , And shake for food the long - abandoned oak . Nor must we pass untold what arms they wield , Who labour tillage and the furrowed field ...
... plain , And heaven invoked with vows for fruitful rain- * On other crops you may with envy look , And shake for food the long - abandoned oak . Nor must we pass untold what arms they wield , Who labour tillage and the furrowed field ...
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