The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 - With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by John Dryden
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Away with your sheephooks, and take to your arms;
Then laurels and myrtles your brows shall adorn, When Pan, and his son, and fair Syrinx return. * * * * * FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 44: Intended to apply to the banishment of King James and his wife, Mary of Este.] * * * * * VI. A SONG. 1 Fair, sweet, and young, receive a prize Reserved for your victorious eyes: From crowds, whom at your feet you see, O pity, and distinguish me! As I from thousand beauties more Distinguish you, and only you adore. 2 Your face for conquest was design'd, Your every motion charms my mind; Angels, when you your silence break, |
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