The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 10

by John Dryden

O sharp convulsive pangs of agonizing pride! }

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Down then, thou rebel, never more to rise! }

And what thou didst, and dost, so dearly prize, }

That fame, that darling fame, make that thy sacrifice. }

'Tis nothing thou hast given; then add thy tears

For a long race of unrepenting years:

'Tis nothing yet, yet all thou hast to give:

Then add those may-be years thou hast to live:

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