 To teach the nations in thy greater name. My warbling lute, the lute I whilom strung, When to King John of Portugal I sung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When thou on silver Thames didst cut thy way, With well-tim'd oars before the royal barge....  MacFlecknoe: A Poem - Page 4by John Dryden - 1709 - 16 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Miscellany poems - 1716 - 426 pages
...dunce of more renown than they, Was fent before but to prepare thy way : And courfly clad in Narwuh Drugget came To teach the Nations in thy greater name. My warbling Lute, the Lute I whilom (hung, When to King John of Pertttgul I fung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When... | |
 | John Dryden - 1716 - 424 pages
...moie tenown than they, Was fent before but to prepare thy way : And courtly clad in Norwich iJruggit came To teach the Nations in thy greater name. My warbling Lute, the Lute I whilom fining, When to King Jihn of roh^nl I fung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 528 pages
...I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was fent before but to prepare thy way ; And, coarfely clad in Norwich drugget, came To teach the nations in thy greater name. My warbling lute, the lute I whilom ftrung, When to king John of Portugal I fung. Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 488 pages
...renown than they, Was fent before but to prepare thy way ; And, coarfely clad in Norwich drugget, carne To teach the nations in thy greater name. My warbling lute, the lute I whilom ftrung, When to king John of Portugal I fung, I Was but the prelude to that glorious day,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 294 pages
...I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was fent before but to prepare thy way ; And, coarfely clad in Norwich drugget, came To teach the nations in thy greater name. My warbling lute, the lute I whilom ftrung, When to king John of Portugal I fung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 388 pages
...I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was fent before but to prepare thy way; And, coarfely clad in Norwich drugget, came To teach the nations in thy greater name. My warbling lute, the lute I whilom ftrnng, When to king John of Portugal I fung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 386 pages
...I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was fent before but to prepare thy way; And, coarfely clad in Norwich drugget, came •/ To teach the nations in thy greater name. My warbling lute, the lute I whilom ftrung, When to king John of Portugal I fung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When... | |
 | John Dryden - 1773 - 260 pages
...I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was fent before but to prepare thy way ; And, coarfely clad in Norwich drugget, came To teach the nations in thy greater name. My warbling lute, the lute I whilom ftrung, . When to King John of Portugal I fung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day,... | |
 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 pages
...I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before hut to prepare thy way ; And, coarsely clad in Norwich drugget, came To teach the nations in thy greater name. My warbling lute, the lute I whilom strung, 33 When to King John of Postugal I sung, Was hut the prelude to that glorious day,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 614 pages
...clad in Norwich drugget, came To teach the nations in thy greater name. My warbling lute, the lute I whilom ftrung, When to king John of Portugal I fung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When thou on filver Thames didft cut thy way, With well-tim'd oars before tke royal barge, Swell'd... | |
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