Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, Volume 2 |
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ANTIENT AND MODERN ; TRANSLATED INTO VERS E , FROM HOMER , OVID , BOCCACE AND CHAUCER : WITH ORIGINAL POEMS . BY JOHN DRYDEN , Esq ; VO L. II . GLASGOW : PRINTED BY ROBERT AND ANDREW FOULIS M.DCC.LXXI , 250071917 ܗ ܐ ܕ .
ANTIENT AND MODERN ; TRANSLATED INTO VERS E , FROM HOMER , OVID , BOCCACE AND CHAUCER : WITH ORIGINAL POEMS . BY JOHN DRYDEN , Esq ; VO L. II . GLASGOW : PRINTED BY ROBERT AND ANDREW FOULIS M.DCC.LXXI , 250071917 ܗ ܐ ܕ .
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ANTIENT AND MODERN ; TRANSLATED INTO VERS E , FROM HOMER , OVID , BOCCACE AND CHAUCER : WITH ORIGINAL POEMS . BY JOHN DRYDEN , Esq ; V O L. II . GLASGOW : PRINTED BY ROBERT AND ANDREW FOULIS M.DCC.LXXI , 25007 1917 .
ANTIENT AND MODERN ; TRANSLATED INTO VERS E , FROM HOMER , OVID , BOCCACE AND CHAUCER : WITH ORIGINAL POEMS . BY JOHN DRYDEN , Esq ; V O L. II . GLASGOW : PRINTED BY ROBERT AND ANDREW FOULIS M.DCC.LXXI , 25007 1917 .
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Page 59 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
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| Title | Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, Volume 2 Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, John Dryden |
| Author | John Dryden |
| Published | 1771 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 2 Oct 2006 |
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