Poems by John Dryden
Song From An Evening's Love
... Ah, what a trembling does usher my joy!When, with a sigh, she accords me the blessing, ...
Alexander's Feast; Or, The Power Of Music
... Break his bands of sleep asunderAnd rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder ...
Heroic Stanzas
... (Oliver Cromwell)Written After the Celebration of his Funeral ...
The Hind and the Panther: Part I
... sort,Too black for heav'n, and yet too white for hell,Who just dropp'd halfway down, nor lower fell ...
Your Hay It Is Mow'd, And Your Corn Is Reap'd
... (Man.) We ha' cheated the parson, we'll cheat him agen, ...
To My Dear Friend Mr. Congreve On His Commedy Call'd The Double Dealer
... Time, place, and action, may with pains be wrought, ...
Veni, Creator Spiritus
... And crown'st thy gift with eloquence!Refine and purge our earthly parts ...
Song From Amphitryon
... 'Tis civil to swear, and say things of course ...
Song To A Fair Young Lady Going Out Of Town In The Spring
... To give the wounds they will not cure!Great god of Love, why hast thou made ...
To The Pious Memory Of The Accomplished Young Lady Mrs. Anne Killigrew
... Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child! Art she had none, yet wanted none: ...
Song: Why should a foolish marriage vow
... But our marriage is dead, when the pleasure is fled: ...
from Troilus and Cressida
... 'Tis a pleasure, a pleasure to sigh and to languish, ...
Marriage a-la-Mode
... But our marriage is dead, when the pleasure is fled: ...
Song from The Indian Emperor
... Why then should man, the lord of all below, ...
To my Dear Friend Mr. Congreve on his Comedy Call'd the Double Dealer
... Maintain your post: that's all the fame you need ...
