| William Congreve - English drama - 1730 - 306 pages
...Well bad I betn depos'd, if you had Reign' di tfhe Father bad defcended for the Son ; •for only Tou are lineal to the Throne. Thus when the State one Edward did depofel A greater Edward in his Room arofe. But now, n«t /, hut Poetry is curs 'd; for Tom tbt Second... | |
| William Congreve - 1735 - 112 pages
...Brows my Laurel hadjuflaind, Well had I heen depos"d, if You had Reign d! The Father had defcended for the Son; For only You are lineal to the Throne. Thus iuhen the State one Edward did depoji} *" A Greater IJdward in his Room arofe. But now, not I, hut... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1743 - 352 pages
...Brows my Laurel had fuftain'd ! "Well had I been depos'd, if you had Reign'd : The Father had defcended for the Son ; For only you are lineal to the Throne. Thus, when the State one Edward did depofe, 'A Greater EJiuarJ in his room arofe. But now, not I, but Poetry is curs'd ; , For Tom the... | |
| William Congreve - 1774 - 370 pages
...hadfuftaind! Well bad I been depos'd, if you bad reign d ! The Father had defcendedfor the Son ; For only 1~ou are lineal to the Throne, Thus when the State one Edward did depofe ; A greater Edward in his Room arofc. But now, not I, but Poetry is curs' d; For Tom the Second... | |
| English drama - 1777 - 416 pages
...had fuftain'd, Well had I been depos'd, if you had reign 'd! The father had defcended for the fon ; For only you are lineal to the throne. Thus when the State one Edward did depofc, A greater Edward in his room arofe. But now, not I, but poetry is curs'd, For Tom the fecond... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1778 - 438 pages
...O that your brows my laurel had sustain'd! Well had I been depos'd, if you had reign'd : The father had descended for the son, For only you are lineal...throne. Thus when the state one Edward did depose, 45 A greater Edward in his room arose. But now not I, but Poetry is curs'd, For Tom the Second reigns... | |
| John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 434 pages
...Oh, that your brows my laurel had sustain'd, Well had I been depos'd, if you had reign'd ! The father had descended for the son ; For only you are lineal...curs'd, For Tom the second reigns, like Tom the first. Bat let them not mistake my patron's part, Nor call his charity their own desert. Yet this I prophecy... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...that your brows my laurel had sustain'd ! Well had I been depos'd, if you had reign'd : The father had descended for the son ; For only you, are lineal...Tom the Second reigns like Tom the First. But let them not mistake my patron's part, Nor call his charity their own desert. SO Yet this I prophecy :... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 564 pages
...that your brows my laurel had sustained ! Well had 1 been deposed, if you bad reigned : The father had descended for the son ; For only you are lineal...in his room arose : But now not I, but poetry, is cursed ; For Tom the second reigns like Tom the first. But let them not mistake my patron's part, Nor... | |
| John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 500 pages
...that your brows my laurel had sustained ! \Vell had I been deposed, if you had reigned : The father had descended for the son ; For only you are lineal...did depose, A greater Edward in his room arose: But nour not I, but poetry, is cursed ; for Tom the second reigns like Tom the first. * * Shadwell, who,... | |
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