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" And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove, Who left his blissful seats above — Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia... "
The Poetical Works of John Dryden - Page 14
by John Dryden - 1854 - 324 pages
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The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, Volume 1

English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...dragon's fiery form belied the God : Sublime on radiant spheres he rode, When he to fair Olympia press'd, And while he sought her snowy breast; Then, round her slender waist he curl'd, And stamp'dan image of himself, a sovereign of the world. The listening crowd admire the lofty sound, A...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 10

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 pages
...dragon's fiery form bely'd the god ; * Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia press'd, And while he sought her snowy breast; Then round her...himself, a sovereign of the world. The listening crowd adore the loftv sound, A present deity, they shout around : A present deity, the echoing roofs rebound;...
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Poems

Joseph Addison - 1810 - 326 pages
...dragon's fiery form bely'd the god : sublime on radiant spires he rode, when he to fair Olympia press'd: and while he sought her snowy breast: then, round...of himself, a sovereign of the world. The listening croud admire the lofty sound, a present deity, they shout around : a present deity the vaulted roofs...
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Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Issues 77-79

Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 318 pages
...dragon's fiery form bely'd the god : sublime on radiant spires he rode, when he to fair Olympia press'd : and while he sought her snowy breast: then, round...of himself, a sovereign of the world. The listening croud admire the lofty sound, a present deity, they shout around : a present deity the vaulted roofs...
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Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Issues 77-79

Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 318 pages
...dragon's fiery form bely'd the god : sublime on radiant spires he rode, when he to fair Olympia press'd : and while he sought her snowy breast: then, round...curl'd, and stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign the world. The listening croud admire the lofty sound, a present deity, they shout around : a present...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 10

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 598 pages
...fair Olympia prcss'd, And while he sought her snowy breast; Then round her slender wai.-t he eurl'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. The listening erowd adorr: the loftv sound, A present deity, they shout around : A present deity, the echoing roofs...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...dragon's fiery form bely'd the god ; Sublime on radiant sphere* he rode, When he to fair Olympia press'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound ; A present deity, they shout around ; A present deity ; the...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant spheres he rode, When he to fair Olympia press'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the...the lofty sound ; A present deity, they shout around ; A present deity, the vaulted roofs rebound : With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god,...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 11

Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 pages
...dragon's firey form the god belied : Sublime on radiant spires be rode, When he to fair Olvmpia prert ; And, while he sought her snowy breast; Then round...waist, he curl'd And stamp'd an image of himself a [dragon] sovereign of the world ! It seems to be agreed, that Dryden gave to English literature its...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 pages
...dragon's liery form bcly'd the god : Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia press'd : And while he sought her snowy breast: Then, round her slender waist he curl'd, [rx¿. And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign ti'j» The listening crowd admire the lofty sound,...
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