The Poetical Works of John Dryden1859 |
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... muse Soft pity to infuse : He sung Darius great and good , By too severe a fate , Fallen , fallen , fallen , fallen , Fallen from his high estate , And welt'ring in his blood ; Deserted , at his utmost need , By those his former bounty ...
... muse Soft pity to infuse : He sung Darius great and good , By too severe a fate , Fallen , fallen , fallen , fallen , Fallen from his high estate , And welt'ring in his blood ; Deserted , at his utmost need , By those his former bounty ...
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... muse run mad : And though he stumbles in a full career , Yet rashness is a better fault than fear . 15 20 He saw his way ; but in so swift a pace , To choose the ground might be to lose the race . They then , who of each trip the ...
... muse run mad : And though he stumbles in a full career , Yet rashness is a better fault than fear . 15 20 He saw his way ; but in so swift a pace , To choose the ground might be to lose the race . They then , who of each trip the ...
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... muse's right ; So would our poet lead you on this day , Showing your tortur'd fathers in his play . To one well born the affront is worse , and more , 5 When he's abus'd , and baffled by a boor : With an ill grace the Dutch their ...
... muse's right ; So would our poet lead you on this day , Showing your tortur'd fathers in his play . To one well born the affront is worse , and more , 5 When he's abus'd , and baffled by a boor : With an ill grace the Dutch their ...
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... muses so severe are worshipp'd here , That , conscious of their faults , they shun the eye , And , as profane , from sacred places fly , Rather than see the offended God , and die . We bring no imperfections but our own ; Such faults as ...
... muses so severe are worshipp'd here , That , conscious of their faults , they shun the eye , And , as profane , from sacred places fly , Rather than see the offended God , and die . We bring no imperfections but our own ; Such faults as ...
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... muse her Pericles first bore ; The prince of Tyre was elder than the Moor : " Tis miracle to see a first good play ; 10 15 * Circe was an opera . Tragedy among the ancients was throughout accompanied with music . Dr. J. W. All hawthorns ...
... muse her Pericles first bore ; The prince of Tyre was elder than the Moor : " Tis miracle to see a first good play ; 10 15 * Circe was an opera . Tragedy among the ancients was throughout accompanied with music . Dr. J. W. All hawthorns ...
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