...ride; Broke by the jutting land, on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide. Betwixt two rows of rocks a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green: A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats. Down thro'...

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...living rock. 1 Dryden's account is the work of a man who alto; gether Tacks fondness for particulars: Within a long recess there lies a bay; An island shades...either side, In double streams the briny waters glide; Betwixt two rows of rocks a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves forever green: A grot is formed...

...maintains. The weary Trojans ply their shatter'd oars, To nearest land, and make the Libyan shores. Within a long recess there lies a bay, An island shades...either side: In double streams the briny waters glide. Betwixt two rows of rocks, a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green: A grot is form'd...

...laterum, quibus omnis ab alto Frangitur inque sinus, scindit sese unda redactos Deportibus maris," " "Within a long recess there lies a bay, An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a p_ort secure for ships to ride, } Broke by the jetting land on either side : > In double stream the...

...maintains. The weary Trojans ply their shattered oars To nearest land, and make the Libyan shores. Within a long recess there lies a bay: An island shades...rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride: 230 Broke by the jutting land, on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Betwixt two...

...large Amends For ev'ry Care his other Hours attends. 1 Cf. Dryden's Virgil, Aeneid, i. 233-4: 'Betwixt two rows of Rocks, a Sylvan Scene/ Appears above, and Groves for ever green' (Works of Virgil, 1697, p. 208). 2 Cf. Dryden, Eleanora, 172-3, on a second Eve: 'Had she been first,...

...Oars, To nearest Land, and make the Lybian Shoars. High on his Chariot, and with loosen'd Reins, [ Within a long Recess there lies a Bay, An Island shades it from the rowling Sea, Betwixt two rows of Rocks, a Sylvan Scene Appears above, and Groves for ever green: 235...

...maintains.) The weary Trojans ply their shattered oars To nearest lands, and make the Libyan shores. Within a long recess there lies a bay, An island shades...rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride. 230 Broke by the jutting land, on either side In double streams the briny waters glide Betwixt two...

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