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... sacred dust below Was Dryden once ; the rest who does not know ? Which was since changed into the plain inscrip- tion now upon it , viz . J. DRYDEN , NATUS AUG . 9. 1631 . MORTUS MAII 1. 1701 . Johannes Sheffield , Dux Buckinghamiensis ...
... sacred dust below Was Dryden once ; the rest who does not know ? Which was since changed into the plain inscrip- tion now upon it , viz . J. DRYDEN , NATUS AUG . 9. 1631 . MORTUS MAII 1. 1701 . Johannes Sheffield , Dux Buckinghamiensis ...
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... sacred page ! The glory of our isle and of our age : Th ' inspiring sun to Albion draws more nigh , The North at length teems with a work to vie With Homer's flame and Virgil's majesty . While Pindus ' lofty heights our Poet sought ...
... sacred page ! The glory of our isle and of our age : Th ' inspiring sun to Albion draws more nigh , The North at length teems with a work to vie With Homer's flame and Virgil's majesty . While Pindus ' lofty heights our Poet sought ...
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... sacred Poet ! so thy numbers flow , Sinewy , yet mild as happy lovers woo ; Strong , yet harmonious too as planets move , Yet soft as down upon the wings of Love . How sweet does Virtue in your dress appear ! How much more charming when ...
... sacred Poet ! so thy numbers flow , Sinewy , yet mild as happy lovers woo ; Strong , yet harmonious too as planets move , Yet soft as down upon the wings of Love . How sweet does Virtue in your dress appear ! How much more charming when ...
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... Sacred Majesty , Charles II . 1660 An account of the Poein entitled Annus Mira- balis , in a letter to the Hon . Sir Robert How- ard • To the retropolis of Great Britain , the most renowned and late flourishing City of Lon- don , in its ...
... Sacred Majesty , Charles II . 1660 An account of the Poein entitled Annus Mira- balis , in a letter to the Hon . Sir Robert How- ard • To the retropolis of Great Britain , the most renowned and late flourishing City of Lon- don , in its ...
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ASTREA REDUX . A POEM ON THE HAPPY RESTORATION AND RETURN OF HIS SACRED MAJESTY . CHARLES II , 1660 . " Jam redit et Virgo , redeunt Saturnia regna . ' The last great age , foretold by sacred rhymes , Renews its finish'd course ...
ASTREA REDUX . A POEM ON THE HAPPY RESTORATION AND RETURN OF HIS SACRED MAJESTY . CHARLES II , 1660 . " Jam redit et Virgo , redeunt Saturnia regna . ' The last great age , foretold by sacred rhymes , Renews its finish'd course ...
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