 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...  Dryden: Poetry & Prose: With Essays by Congreve, Johnson, Scott and Others - Page 82de John Dryden, William Congreve, Samuel Johnson, Walter Scott - 1925 - 204 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...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... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | 1871 - 908 pages
...been a "dainty dish" to set before Laureate Shadwell at In's breakfast table. These are they : — All human things are subject to decay ; And when fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecknoc found ; who, like Augustus, young, Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long : In prose... | |
 | Frederick A. Laing - 1873 - 262 pages
...whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate." Absalom and AchUopheL FROM " All human things are subject to decay; And, when Fate...long; In prose and verse was owned, without dispute, Through all the realms of Nonsense, absolute. This aged prince, now flourishing in peace, And blest... | |
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