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 75
... pursue the sylvan lands , ( The abode of nymphs , ) untouched by former hands : For such , Mæcenas , are thy hard commands . Without thee , nothing lofty can I sing . Come then , and , with thyself , thy genius bring , With which ...
... pursue the sylvan lands , ( The abode of nymphs , ) untouched by former hands : For such , Mæcenas , are thy hard commands . Without thee , nothing lofty can I sing . Come then , and , with thyself , thy genius bring , With which ...
Page 81
... pursue : Joined with his school - fellows by two and two , Persuade them first to lead an empty wheel , That scarce the dust can raise , or they can feel : In length of time produce the labouring yoke , And shining shares , that make ...
... pursue : Joined with his school - fellows by two and two , Persuade them first to lead an empty wheel , That scarce the dust can raise , or they can feel : In length of time produce the labouring yoke , And shining shares , that make ...
Page 86
... pursue , Surveying nature with too nice a view . Let this suffice for herds : our following care Shall woolly flocks and shaggy goats declare . Nor can I doubt what oil I must bestow , To raise my subject from a ground so low ; And the ...
... pursue , Surveying nature with too nice a view . Let this suffice for herds : our following care Shall woolly flocks and shaggy goats declare . Nor can I doubt what oil I must bestow , To raise my subject from a ground so low ; And the ...
Page 91
... pursue the fear Of flying hares , and chase the fallow deer , Rouze from their desert dens the bristled rage Of boars , and beamy stags in toils engage . With smoke of burning cedar scent thy walls , And fume with stinking galbanum thy ...
... pursue the fear Of flying hares , and chase the fallow deer , Rouze from their desert dens the bristled rage Of boars , and beamy stags in toils engage . With smoke of burning cedar scent thy walls , And fume with stinking galbanum thy ...
Page 108
... pursue the citizens with smoke . Two honey - harvests fall in every year : First , when the pleasing Pleiades appear , And , springing upward , spurn the briny seas : Again , when their affrighted choir surveys The watery Scorpion mend ...
... pursue the citizens with smoke . Two honey - harvests fall in every year : First , when the pleasing Pleiades appear , And , springing upward , spurn the briny seas : Again , when their affrighted choir surveys The watery Scorpion mend ...
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