John Dryden Poems

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21.
Heroic Stanzas

Consecrated to the Glorious Memory of His
Most Serene and Renowned Highness, Oliver,
Late Lord Protector of This Commonwealth, etc.
Written After the Celebration of his Funeral
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22.
A Song To A Fair Young Lady Going Out Of Town In The Spring

1.
Ask not the cause why sullen spring
So long delays her flowers to bear;
Why warbling birds forget to sing
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23.
Religio Laici

(OR A LAYMAN'S FAITH)

Dim, as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars
To lonely, weary, wand'ring travellers,
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Now with a general peace the world was blest,
While ours, a world divided from the rest,
A dreadful quiet felt, and worser far
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25.
Song (Sylvia The Fair, In The Bloom Of Fifteen)

Sylvia the fair, in the bloom of fifteen,
Felt an innocent warmth as she lay on the green:
She had heard of a pleasure, and something she guessed
By the towsing and tumbling and touching her breast:
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26.
Epilogue To Henry Ii.

Thus you the sad catastrophe have seen,
Occasioned by a mistress and a queen.
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27.
The Hind And The Panther: Part I (Excerpts)

A milk-white Hind, immortal and unchang'd,
Fed on the lawns, and in the forest rang'd;
Without unspotted, innocent within,
She fear'd no danger, for she knew no sin.
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28.
Eleonora : A Panegyrical

Dedicated to the Memory of the Late Countess of Abingdon.

As when some great and gracious monarch dies,
Soft whispers first and mournful rise
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29.
Cymon And Iphigenia. From Boccace

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.
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30.
A Song. High State And Honours To Others Impart

High state and honours to others impart,
But give me your heart:
That treasure, that treasure alone,
I beg for my own.
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