 The attentive, audience, thus his will declared: The Cause and Spring of motion, from above, Hung down on earth the golden chain of Love: Great was the effect, and high was his intent, When peace among the jarring seeds he sent.  The Works of the English Poets: Dryden - Page 132by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
 | John Dryden - 1899 - 222 pages
...; Great was the effect, and high was his intent, 1020 When peace among the jarring seeds0 he sent ; Fire, flood, and earth and air by this were bound, And Love, the common link, the new creation crowned. The chain still holds ; for though the forms decay, Eternal matter never wears away : 1025... | |
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...of love: Great was the effect, and high was his intent, When peace among the jarring seeds he sent. Fire, flood, and earth, and air, by this were bound, And love, the common link, the new creation crowned. The chain still holds; for though the forms decay, Eternal matter never wears away: The same... | |
 | Adolphus Alfred Jack - 1920 - 398 pages
...love : Great was th' effect, and high was his intent, When peace among the jarring seeds he sent ; Fire, flood, and earth, and air, by this were bound, And love, the common link, the new creation crowned. The chain still holds ; for though the forms decay, Eternal matter never wears away : The... | |
 | Paul Hammond - Drama - 2002 - 484 pages
...of love; Great was th' effect, and high was his intent, When peace among the jarring seeds he sent: Fire, flood, and earth, and air, by this were bound, And love, the common link, the new creation crowned. The chain still holds; for, though the forms decay, 1030 Eternal matter never wears away:... | |
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