 Art she had none, yet wanted none, For Nature did that Want supply: So rich in Treasures of her Own, She might our boasted Stores defy: Such Noble Vigour did her Verse adorn, That it seem'd borrow'd, where 'twas only born.  Specimens of the British Poets ... - Page 216by British poets - 1809Full view - About this book
 | John Dryden - 1854 - 318 pages
...unsoiled, Unmixed with foreign filth, and undefiled ; Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child.* 5 Art she had none, yet wanted none, For Nature did that want supply : * ' In wit a man, simplicity a child.' — POPE. So rich in treasures of her own, She might our boasted... | |
 | John Dryden - 1855 - 380 pages
...unsoil'd, Unmix'd with foreign filth, and undefiled : Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child. V. Art she had none, yet wanted none ; For nature did...borrow'd where 'twas only born. Her morals too were in licr bosom bred. By great examples daily fed, What in the best of books, her father's life, she read... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1855 - 570 pages
...there are some lines in this singular Ode that are worthy of Dryden himself. He says of her, — ' ' Art she had none, yet wanted none ; For nature did that want supply, * Memoirs of Celebrated Ladies, p. 339. f Anecdotes of Painting ; Walpole's Works, vol. iii. p. 297.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 pages
...unsoil'd, Umnix'd with foreign filth and undefil'd ; [child. Her wit was more than man, her innocence a Art she had none, yet wanted none ; For nature did...supply : So rich in treasures of her own, She might our hoasted stores defy : Such nohle vigour did her verse adorn, Thatitseem'd horrow'd, where 'twas only... | |
 | Jane Williams - Authors - 1861 - 580 pages
...unsoil'd, Unmix'd with foreign filth, and undefil'd ; Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child. V. Art she had none, yet wanted none, For nature did...did her verse adorn, That it seem'd borrow'd where 't was only born. Her morals too were in her bosom bred, By great examples daily fed, What in the best... | |
 | John Dryden - 1866 - 346 pages
...unsoil'd, Unmix'd with foreign filth, and undenTd; Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child. v. Art she had none, yet wanted none ; For nature did...stores defy Such noble vigour did her verse adorn, n That it seem'd borrow'd, where 'twas only born. Her morals too were in her bosom bred, By great examples... | |
 | John Dryden - Poetry - 1866 - 338 pages
...in treasures of her own, She might our boasted stores defy Such noble vigour did her verse adorn, 75 That it seem'd borrow'd, where 'twas only born. Her...bosom bred, By great examples daily fed, What in the bestof books, her father's life, she read. And to be read herself she need not fear ; ao Each test,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 pages
...Uumix'd with foreign filth, and undefiled ; Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child. •' f she could, her love she would repent, But since...'d, Are ever present, and her crime upbraid. She bla n That it seem'd borrow'd, where 'twas only born. Her morals too were in her bosom bred, By great examples... | |
 | John Dryden - 1868 - 554 pages
...unsoil'd, Unmix'd with foreign filth, and undefiled ; Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child. Art she had none, yet wanted none ; For Nature did...treasures of her own, She might our boasted stores defy : Kuch noble vigour did her verse adorn, That it seem'd borrow'd, where 'twas only born. Her morals... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1869 - 576 pages
...unsoil'd, Unmix'd with foreign filth, and undefiled ; Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child. Art she had none, yet wanted none ; For Nature did...seem'd borrow'd, where 'twas only born. Her morals too wero in her bosom bred, By great examples daily fed, What in the best of books, her father's life,... | |
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