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Perhaps , in such particular passages , I have thought that I discover'd some
beauty yet undiscover'd by those Pedants , which none but a Poet cou'd have
found . Where I have taken away fome of their Expressions , and cut them sorter ,
it may ...
Perhaps , in such particular passages , I have thought that I discover'd some
beauty yet undiscover'd by those Pedants , which none but a Poet cou'd have
found . Where I have taken away fome of their Expressions , and cut them sorter ,
it may ...
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Variety of such is to be found ; Take then a Subject , proper to expound : But
Moral , Great , and worth a Poet's Voice , For Men of sense despise a trivial
Choice : And such Applause it must expect to meet , As wou'd some Painter ,
busie in a ...
Variety of such is to be found ; Take then a Subject , proper to expound : But
Moral , Great , and worth a Poet's Voice , For Men of sense despise a trivial
Choice : And such Applause it must expect to meet , As wou'd some Painter ,
busie in a ...
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... alas ! cou'd this frail Being give , That I have been so covetous to live ? To see
my Son , and such a Son resign His life a ransome for preserving mine ! And am I
then prefery'd , and art thou loft ! How much too dear has that redemption cost !
... alas ! cou'd this frail Being give , That I have been so covetous to live ? To see
my Son , and such a Son resign His life a ransome for preserving mine ! And am I
then prefery'd , and art thou loft ! How much too dear has that redemption cost !
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Alas poor Man ! dare you , a wretched Swain , Lips such as these , and such a
Mouth prophane ? No : To prevent your rustick Freedom , know They're
unacquainted yet with such as you : But your foft Lip , your Beard , your horny Fift
, All ...
Alas poor Man ! dare you , a wretched Swain , Lips such as these , and such a
Mouth prophane ? No : To prevent your rustick Freedom , know They're
unacquainted yet with such as you : But your foft Lip , your Beard , your horny Fift
, All ...
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Abhor the Man , that can his Cups refuse ; Though his untimely Virtue to excuse ,
He swears that one such merry drinking Feast , Would make him Sick for a whole
Week at least , Suffer no Cloud to dwell upon your Brow , The modest Men are ...
Abhor the Man , that can his Cups refuse ; Though his untimely Virtue to excuse ,
He swears that one such merry drinking Feast , Would make him Sick for a whole
Week at least , Suffer no Cloud to dwell upon your Brow , The modest Men are ...
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| Title | Sylvae, Or, The Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies |
| Author | John Dryden |
| Publisher | Jacob Tonson, 1702 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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