The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 68
Page 3
... to bless My longing eyes , and fhare in my fuccefs : She grudg'd thy fafe return , the triumphs due To prosperous valour , in the public view . Not thus I promis'd , when my father lent Thy needlefs fuccour with a fad consent ...
... to bless My longing eyes , and fhare in my fuccefs : She grudg'd thy fafe return , the triumphs due To prosperous valour , in the public view . Not thus I promis'd , when my father lent Thy needlefs fuccour with a fad consent ...
Page 5
One veft array'd the corpfe , and one they spread O'er his clos'd eyes , and wrap'd around his head : That when the yellow hair in flame should fall , The catching fire might burn the golden caul . Befides , the spoils of foes in battle ...
One veft array'd the corpfe , and one they spread O'er his clos'd eyes , and wrap'd around his head : That when the yellow hair in flame should fall , The catching fire might burn the golden caul . Befides , the spoils of foes in battle ...
Page 9
... and cleaves the throng : 225 Falls on the corpse , and groaning there he lies , With filent grief , that speaks but at his eyes : Short fighs and fobs fucceed : till forrow breaks A paffage , and at once he weeps and speaks .
... and cleaves the throng : 225 Falls on the corpse , and groaning there he lies , With filent grief , that speaks but at his eyes : Short fighs and fobs fucceed : till forrow breaks A paffage , and at once he weeps and speaks .
Page 22
Had he but ev'n beheld the fight , his eyes Had witnefs'd for me what his tongue denies : What heaps of Trojans by this hand were flain , And how the bloody Tiber fwell'd the main . All faw , but he , th ' Arcadian troops retire ...
Had he but ev'n beheld the fight , his eyes Had witnefs'd for me what his tongue denies : What heaps of Trojans by this hand were flain , And how the bloody Tiber fwell'd the main . All faw , but he , th ' Arcadian troops retire ...
Page 26
A fad proceffion in the streets is seen , Of matrons that attend the mother - queen : High in her chair fhe fits , and at her fide , With down - caft eyes , appears the fatal bride . They mount the cliff , where Pallas ' temple stands ...
A fad proceffion in the streets is seen , Of matrons that attend the mother - queen : High in her chair fhe fits , and at her fide , With down - caft eyes , appears the fatal bride . They mount the cliff , where Pallas ' temple stands ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
againſt appear arms bear becauſe better betwixt blood body born Cafaubon called chief common crimes death equal excel eyes face fall fame farther fate fatire fays fear fhall fhould fide field fight fire firft firſt foes fome force fortune foul ftill fuch give given gods Grecians ground hand head hear heaven himſelf honour Horace imitated Italy Juvenal kind king land Latin learned leave living lord manner mean mind nature never noble o'er once particular peace Perfius plain play poem poet poetry poor prince receive remains rich Roman Rome thee thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought town Trojan true turn Turnus verfe vices virtue whofe whole wife write written
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11 |
| Author | John Dryden |
| Editors | Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) |
| Publisher | J. Rivington, 1779 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 366 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |