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THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

JOHN DRYDEN.

WITH

THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

BY SAMUEL JOHNSON, L.L.D.

Thou mak'st the beauties of the Romans known,
And England boas s of riches not her own:
Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majesty,
And Horace wonders at himself in thee.
Thou teachest Persius to inform our Isle
In smoother numbers, and a clearer style:
And Juvenal, instructed in thy page,
Edges his satire, and improves his rage.
Thy copy casts a fairer light on all,
And still outshines the bright original.

ADDISON.

IN TEN VOLUMES,

VOL. VI.

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