17858. Dryden, John. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996

The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996.


NUMBER:	17858
QUOTATION:	Hear, then, a mortal Muse thy praise rehearse, In no ignoble verse; But such as thy own voice did practise here, When thy first-fruits of Poesy were given, To make thyself a welcome inmate there; While yet a young probationer, And candidate of Heaven.
ATTRIBUTION:	John Dryden (1631–1700), British poet. To the Pious Memory of the Accomplished Young Lady, Mrs. Anne Killigrew (l. 16–22). . . Oxford Anthology of English Literature, The, Vols. I–II. Frank Kermode and John Hollander, general eds. (1973) Oxford University Press (Also published as six paperback vols.: Medieval English Literature, J. B. Trapp, ed.; The Literature of Renaissance England, John Hollander and Frank Kermode, eds.; The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, Martin Price, ed.; Romantic Poetry and Prose, Harold Bloom and Lionel Trilling, eds.; Victorian Prose and Poetry, Lionel Trilling and Harold Bloom, eds.; Modern British Literature, Frank Kermode and John Hollander, eds.).
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WORKS:	Dryden Collection.