The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, Volume 14William Miller, 1808 |
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Page 36
... Fate's decree , degenerate still to worse . So the boat's brawny crew the current stem , And , slow advancing , struggle with the stream : But , if they slack their hands , or cease to strive , Then down the flood with headlong haste ...
... Fate's decree , degenerate still to worse . So the boat's brawny crew the current stem , And , slow advancing , struggle with the stream : But , if they slack their hands , or cease to strive , Then down the flood with headlong haste ...
Page 38
... Fate's decree , Abhor to dive beneath the northern sea . * There , as they say , perpetual night is found In silence brooding on the unhappy ground : Or , when Aurora leaves our northern sphere , She lights the downward heaven , and ...
... Fate's decree , Abhor to dive beneath the northern sea . * There , as they say , perpetual night is found In silence brooding on the unhappy ground : Or , when Aurora leaves our northern sphere , She lights the downward heaven , and ...
Page 55
... fate of envied orphans would procure . , Large is the plant , and like a laurel grows , And , did it not a different scent disclose , A laurel were the fragrant flowers contemn The stormy winds , tenacious of their stem . With this ...
... fate of envied orphans would procure . , Large is the plant , and like a laurel grows , And , did it not a different scent disclose , A laurel were the fragrant flowers contemn The stormy winds , tenacious of their stem . With this ...
Page 69
... who , studying nature's laws , Through known effects can trace the sacred cause- His mind possessing in a quiet state , Fearless of fortune , and resigned to fate ! And happy too is he , who decks the bowers GEORGICS , II . 69.
... who , studying nature's laws , Through known effects can trace the sacred cause- His mind possessing in a quiet state , Fearless of fortune , and resigned to fate ! And happy too is he , who decks the bowers GEORGICS , II . 69.
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... fate , from his proud foe retires . Driven from his native land to foreign grounds , He with a generous rage resents his wounds , His ignominious flight , the victor's boast , And , more than both , the loves , which unrevenged he lost ...
... fate , from his proud foe retires . Driven from his native land to foreign grounds , He with a generous rage resents his wounds , His ignominious flight , the victor's boast , And , more than both , the loves , which unrevenged he lost ...
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