 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 páginas
...sacred volume are contained, Sufficient, clear, and for that use ordained ? THE MONARCH OF DULNESS.1 ALL human things are subject to decay ; And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Fleenoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was called to empire : and had governed long ; In prose and... | |
 | John Dryden - 1856 - 568 páginas
...who, like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire, and had goyern'd long ; In prose and verse, was own'd, without dispute, Through all the realms of Nonsense, absolute. This aged prince, now nourishing in peace, And bless'd with issue of a large increase ; Worn out with business, did at length... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 páginas
...and his greater laureate ; so that Dryden had every provocation against him, political and poetical. All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey ; This Flecnoe found, who, like Augustus, young, Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long : In prose and... | |
 | 1863 - 612 páginas
...ground. On all alike the poet emptied the vials of his wrath in his Mac-Flecknoe, a poor writer, who "In prose and verse was owned, without dispute, Through all the realms of Nonsense absolute;" and to whom Dryden declares that Shadwell, who had taken part in the general crusade against him, was... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 páginas
...in majesty divine, Does he regard on what we dine ? SWIFT. — Epigram, from the French. FATE. — All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey. DETDEN. — Mac Flecknoe, Line 1. With equal pace, impartial fate Knocks at the palace as the cottage... | |
 | John Dryden - 1866 - 348 páginas
...nor fears your steady hand beguile ; Yourself our balance hold, the world's, our isle. MAC FLECKNOE.* ALL human things are subject to decay, And when fate...This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long; •JTu prose and verse, was own'd, without dispute, e * This... | |
 | John Dryden - 1866 - 346 páginas
...balance hold, the world's, our isle. * Aristides. See his life in Plutarch. Orig. ed. MAC FLECKNOE.* ALL human things are subject to decay, And when fate...This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long ; In prose and verse, was own'd, without dispute, * This is... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 páginas
...deeds force fate to change her mind ; He that courts fortune boldly, makes her kind. Di-yden,Ind. Q. All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must Q\iej.Il.F/ecknoe,\. Whatever is, is in its causes just, Since all things are by fate ; but purblind... | |
 | John Dryden - 1897 - 764 páginas
...in the " Miscellany Poems" The text, as altered in 1684, is Drydeifs authorized text. MAC FLECKNOE. ALL human things are subject to decay \ And, when...Augustus, young Was called to empire and had governed longj In prose and verse was owned without dispute 5 Through all the realms of Nonsense absolute.*... | |
 | 1871 - 930 páginas
...been a " dainty dish " to set before Laureate Shadwell at his breakfast table. These are they : — All human things are subject to decay ; And when fate...This Flecknoe found ; who, like Augustus, young, Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long : In prose and verse was owned without dispute Through all... | |
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ALL human things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was called to empire, and had governed long. In prose and verse was owned, without dispute, Through all the realms of Nonsense... 
