John Henry Dryden Poems on Man (17 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
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
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 owners ploughed with careful toil.The same proportion does in kingdoms hold;A new prince breaks the fences of the old,And will … Continue reading
A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day (John Henry Dryden Poems)
FROM harmony, from heavenly harmony,This universal frame began:When nature underneath a heapOf jarring atoms lay,And could not heave her head,The tuneful voice was heard from high,‘Arise, ye more than dead!’Then cold, and hot, and moist, and dry,In order to their … Continue reading
Prologue to Albumazar (John Henry Dryden Poems)
To say this comedy pleased long ago,Is not enough to make it pass you now.Yet, gentlemen, your ancestors had wit,When few men censured, and when fewer writ.And Jonson, of those few the best, chose this,As the best model of his … Continue reading
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