Cymon And Iphigenia. From Boccace (John Henry Dryden Poems)
Old as I am, for lady's love unfit,The power of beauty I remember yet,Which once inflamed my soul, and still ...
Monday, April 6, 2020
John Henry Dryden Poems on Fire (10 Poems)
The Hind And The Panther, A Poem In Three Parts : Part I. (John Henry Dryden Poems)
A milk-white Hind, immortal and unchanged,Fed on the lawns, and in the forest ranged;Without unspotted, innocent within,She feared no danger, ...
The Wife Of Bath Her Tale (John Henry Dryden Poems)
In days of old, when Arthur filled the throne,Whose acts and fame to foreign lands were blown,The king of elves, ...
Eleonora : A Panegyrical (John Henry Dryden Poems)
Dedicated to the Memory of the Late Countess of Abingdon.As when some great and gracious monarch dies,Soft whispers first and ...
To the Lord Chancellor Hyde. Presented on New-Year’s Day, 1662 (John Henry Dryden Poems)
My Lord,While flattering crowds officiously appearTo give themselves, not you, an happy year,And by the greatness of their presents proveHow ...
Suum Cuique (John Henry Dryden Poems)
When lawless men their neighbours dispossess,The tenants they extirpate or oppress,And make rude havoc in the fruitful soil,Which the right ...
Prologue Spoken at the Opening of The New House, March 26, 1674 (John Henry Dryden Poems)
A plain-built house, after so long a stay,Will send you half unsatisfied away;When, fallen from your expected pomp, you findA ...
Calm was the even, and clear was the sky (John Henry Dryden Poems)
Calm was the even, and clear was the sky,And the new budding flowers did spring,When all alone went Amyntas and ...
A Song. High State And Honours To Others Impart (John Henry Dryden Poems)
High state and honours to others impart,But give me your heart:That treasure, that treasure alone,I beg for my own.So gentle ...
O Souls, In Whom No Heavenly Fire (John Henry Dryden Poems)
O souls, in whom no heavenly fire is found,Fat minds, and ever grovelling on the ground!We bring our manners to ...