English Prose And Verse From Beowulf to Stevenson
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thou curst by Heaven's decree, 385 How ill exchanged are things like these for thee! How do thy potions, with insidious joy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own : 390 At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank, unwieldy woe; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part un- sound, Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round. Even now the devastation is begun, 395 And half the bus...iness of destruction done; Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand, I see the rural Virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail That idly waiting flaps with every gale, 400 Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented Toil, and hospitable Care, And kind connubial Tenderness are there: 378 DRYDEN TO THE DEATH OF JOHNSON And Piety with wishes placed above, 405 And steady Loyalty, and faithful Love. And thou/sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit in these degenerate times of shame 409 To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; Dear, charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride, Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, Thou found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide by which the noble arts excel, 415 Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well!
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thou curst by Heaven's decree, 385 How ill exchanged are things like these for thee! How do thy potions, with insidious joy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own : 390 At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank, unwieldy woe; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part un- sound, Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round. Even now the devastation is begun, 395 And half the bus...iness of destruction done; Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand, I see the rural Virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail That idly waiting flaps with every gale, 400 Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented Toil, and hospitable Care, And kind connubial Tenderness are there: 378 DRYDEN TO THE DEATH OF JOHNSON And Piety with wishes placed above, 405 And steady Loyalty, and faithful Love. And thou/sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit in these degenerate times of shame 409 To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; Dear, charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride, Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, Thou found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide by which the noble arts excel, 415 Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well!
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