...destroy the new.0 To the Mrmory of Mr Oldham Farewell, too little and too lately known, Whom I began to think and call my own; For sure our souls were...on either lyre did strike, And knaves and fools we both abhorred alike: To the same goal did both our studies drive, The last set out the soonest did...

...rough against Jani's cheek, the cloth scented with fresh air and the sharp undercurrent of smoke. " 'For sure our souls were near allied, and thine cast in the same poetic mould with mine.'" He stopped, inhaled shakily. " 'One common note on either lyre did strike, and knaves and fools we...

...Oldham, which deserves not to be mutilated: Farewell, too little and too lately known, Whom I began to think and call my own; For sure our souls were...on either lyre did strike, And knaves and fools we both abhorred alike. To the same goal did both our studies drive; The last set out the soonest did...

...Mr. Oldham" (1684; 11. 3-4) the rhyme on two possessive pronouns again demonstrates strong affinity: For sure our souls were near allied, and thine Cast in the same poetic mould with mine. The soul of Oldham ("thine") is near allied to the one of Dryden ("mine") by means of the close monosyllabic...