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" Which, flank'd with rocks, did close in covert lie ; And round about their murdering cannon lay, At once to threaten and invite the eye. Fiercer than cannon, and than rocks more hard, The English undertake th' unequal war : Seven ships alone, by which... "
Dryden. Smith. Duke. King. Sprat. Halifax. Parnell. Garth. Rowe. Addison ... - Page 140
by Samuel Johnson - 1781
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The Miscellaneous Works: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales ..., Volume 1

John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 448 pages
...the eaftern ipring. 26. By the rich fcent we found our perfum'd prey, Which, flank'd with rocks, did clofe in covert lie: And round about their murdering...cannon lay, At once to threaten and invite the eye. 27Fiercer than cannon, and than rocks more hard, The Englifh undertake the unequal war : Seven fhips...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 318 pages
...the eaftern fpring. 26. By the rich fcent we found our perfum'd prey, Which, flank'd with rocks, did clofe in covert lie : And round about their murdering...cannon lay, At once to threaten and invite the eye. z?Fiercer than cannon, and than rocks more hard, The Englifh undertake the unequal war: Seven mips...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets: Dryden

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 364 pages
...eaftern t , t fpririg. * ' i By the rich fcent we found our perfum'd prey, Which, flank'd with rocks, did clofe in covert lie: .And round about their murdering...eye. Fiercer than cannon, and than rocks more hard, TheEnglifh undertake th' unequal war: '•Seven fhips alone, by which the port is barr'd, .fiefiege...
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The Works of the English Poets: Dryden

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 338 pages
...round about their murdering cannon lay, f At once to threaten and invite the eye. ..: , • , XXVII. Fiercer than cannon, and than rocks more hard, The...: Seven fhips alone, by which the port is barr'd, Bef:ege the Indies, and all Denmark dare. . :. XXVIII. Thefe fight like hufbands, but like lovers thofe...
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The Works of the English Poets: Dryden

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 350 pages
...And round about their murdering cannon lay, At once to threaten and invite the eye. XXVII. F:ercer than cannon, and than rocks more hard, The Englifh...: Seven fhips alone, by which the port is barr'd, Bef:ege the Indies, and all Denmark dare. XXVIII. Thefe fight like hu:bands, but like lovers thofe...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical ..., Volumes 13-14

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 664 pages
...e:rftern fpring. XXVI. By the rich fcent we found our perfum'd prey, Which, flank'd with rocks, did clofe in covert lie : And round about their murdering...cannon lay, At once to threaten and invite the eye. t XXVII. Fiercer than cannon, and than rocks more hard, The Englifh undertake th ' unequal war: Seven...
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The Works of the English Poets

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 342 pages
...By the rich fcent we found our pcrfum'd prey, Which, flank'd with rocks, did clofe in covert lie i And round about their murdering cannon lay, At once to threaten and invite the eye. XXVII. Fiercer than cannon, and than rocks more hard, The Englifh undertake th' unequal war i Seven...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 498 pages
...on the eaftern fpring. By the rich fcent we found our perfum'd prey, Which, flank'd with rocks, did clofe in covert lie ; And round about their murdering...cannon lay, At once to threaten and invite the eye. ' , Fiereer than cannon, and than rocks more hard, The Englifh undertake th' unequal war : ' '£ —'5...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...By the rich fcent we found our perfum'd prey, Which, flank'd with rocks, did clofe in covert fie ; And round about their murdering cannon lay, At once to threaten and invite die eye. Fiercer than cannon, and than rocks more hard, The Englifh undertake th' unequal war : Seven...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 2

English poets - 1790 - 344 pages
...By the rich fcentwe found our perfum'd prey,[lie; Which, flank'd with rocli s, did clofe in covert And round about their murdering cannon lay, At once...Fiercer than cannon, and than rocks more hard, The Englifli undertake th' unequal war : Seven fliips alone, by which the port is barr'd, Befiege the Indies,...
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