John Henry Dryden Poems on Law & Regulation (10 Poems)
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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 inspires my wit.If love be folly, the severe divine;Has felt that folly, though he censures mine;Pollutes the pleasures of a … Continue reading
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, for she knew no sin.Yet had she oft been chased with horns and hounds,And Scythian shafts; and many winged woundsAimed … Continue reading
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, and little fairy queen,Gambolled on heaths, and danced on every green;And where the jolly troop had led the round,The grass … Continue reading
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 mournful riseAmong the sad attendants; then the soundSoon gathers voice and spreads the news around,Through town and country, till … Continue reading
Britannia Rediviva: A Poem on the Birth of the Prince (John Henry Dryden Poems)
Our vows are heard betimes, and heaven takes careTo grant, before we can conclude the prayer;Preventing angels met it half the way,And sent us back to praise, who came to pray.Just on the day, when the high-mounted sunDid farthest in … Continue reading
ASTR (John Henry Dryden Poems)
Now with a general peace the world was blest,While ours, a world divided from the rest,A dreadful quiet felt, and worser farThan arms, a sullen interval of war.Thus when black clouds draw down the lab’ring skies,Ere yet abroad the winged … Continue reading
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 much they hope, but not how well they love,-The muses, who your early courtship boast,Though now your flames are with … Continue reading
The Character Of A Good Parson. Imitated From Chaucer, And Enlarged (John Henry Dryden Poems)
A parish-priest was of the pilgrim-train;An awful, reverend, and religious man.His eyes diffused a venerable grace,And charity itself was in his face.Rich was his soul, though his attire was poor,(As God had clothed his own ambassador);For such, on earth, his … Continue reading
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 bare convenience only is designed.You, who each day can theatres behold,Like Nero’s palace, shining all with gold,Our mean ungilded stage … Continue reading
Ask not the cause why sullen spring (John Henry Dryden Poems)
Ask not the cause why sullen springSo long delays her flow’rs to bear;Why warbling birds forget to sing,And winter storms invert the year?Chloris is gone; and Fate providesTo make it spring where she resides. Chloris is gone, the cruel fair;She … Continue reading
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