Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . nd ; wrote licentious plays for money, though himself a quiet,respectable man ; and ended by turning Roman Catholic. Sucha character can scarcely be pleasant to contemplate, and we mustdeplore that the great poet lived in so unhappy and vicious an is a long and elastic swing in his satirical verse that makesits lashes cut as deep almost as Juvenals ; but Dryden wantedgrace, taste, purity, and above all—heart. SONG TO BRITANNIA, IN KING ARTHUR. Faire
Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . nd ; wrote licentious plays for money, though himself a quiet,respectable man ; and ended by turning Roman Catholic. Sucha character can scarcely be pleasant to contemplate, and we mustdeplore that the great poet lived in so unhappy and vicious an is a long and elastic swing in his satirical verse that makesits lashes cut as deep almost as Juvenals ; but Dryden wantedgrace, taste, purity, and above all—heart. SONG TO BRITANNIA, IN KING ARTHUR. Fairest isle, all isles excelling,Seat of pleasures and of loves: Venus here will choose her dwelling,And forsake her Cyprian groves. Cupid from his favourite nation Care and envy will remove ;Jealousy, that poisons passion, And despair, that dies for love. Gentle murmurs, sweet , that blow the fire of love ; Soft repulses, kind be all the pains you prove. Every swain shall pay his every nymph shall prove ; And as these excel in beauty. Those shall be renowned for love. ^<^ fe^ .^ ^J.
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