DISSEN TIO N. Diffentions like small Streams, at first begun, Scarce feen they rise, bút gather as they run : So Lines, that from their Parallel decline, More they advance, the more they still disjoyn. Gar. DOGS. Like as a fort of hungry Dogs ymet About fome Carcafe by the common way,, Doe fall together, ftriveing each to get The greatest Portion of the greedy prey; All on confused heaps themselves allay, And fnatch, and bite, and rend, and tug, and teare; That who them fees, would wonder at their fray; And who fees not would be affraid to heare. Spen. DOLPHIN. As when a Dolphin and a Sele are met, And dreadfull Battaile 'twixt them do darraine : (rore. Doth frie with fome above the Surges hore, Such was betwixt thefe two the troublefome uprore. DOUBT. 2 (Spen. Next after him went Doubt, yclad In a discolour'd Cote of ftrange difguife, That at his back a brode Cappucio had, And Sleeves dependant Albanese wife: He lookt afkew with his mistrustful eyes, And nicely trode, as thornes lay in his Or that the flore to fhrinke he did avife, And on a broken reed he still did ftay บ His feeble fteps, which fhrunke, when hard thereon way 15. A (he lay. That That was to weet, the Porter of the Place, Unto whoes truft the charge thereof was lent : His name was Doubt, he had a double face, Th' one forward looking, and th' other backward bent; Therein resembling Janus auncient, Which hath in charge the ingate of the yeare: And evermore his Eyes about him went, As if fome proved perill he did feare, Or did mifdoubt fome ill, whoes caufe did not ap(peare. Spen. Doubt's the worst Tyrant of a gen'rous Mind, The Coward's Ill, who dares not meet his Fate, And ever doubting to be fortunate, Falls to the Wretchednefs his Fears create. Floating in a Flood of Care, This Way and that he turns his anxious Mind, Bebn. :. And gives no Reft to his distracted Heart, Dryd, Virg. DOVE. As when a Dove her rocky Hold forfakes: Rouz'd in a Fright, her founding Wings he shakes: The Cavern rings with Clatt'ring out the flies, And leaves her callow Care, and cleaves the Skies; At first the flutters, but at length, the springs To fmoother Flight, and fhoots upon her Wings. (Dryd. Virg. DREAM S. Dreams are but Interludes which Fancy makes, A Mob of Coblers, and a Court of Kings: Some Sometimes forgotten Things, long caft behind, Are from Repletion, and Complexion bred, With Rheums opprefs'd, we fink in Rivers drown'd. (Dryd. The Cock and the Fox. When heavy Sleep has clos'd the Sight, And fickly Fancy labours in the Night, } (Dryd, Virg. As one, who in fome frightful Dream would fhun His preffing Foe, labours in vain to run : And his own Slowness in his Sleep bemoans, With thick short-Sighs, weak Cries, and tender Groans. (Dryd. Cong. of Gran. As As he, who in a Dream with Drought is curs'd, And vainly fwills, and labours in his Sleep. Dryd.Lucr. And fome o'erpow'ring God continues Sleep. DRINKING. A thirsty Soul ! (Dryd. Don. Seb. He took the Challenge and embrac'd the Bowl; Dryd, Virg. The laughing Nectar over-look'd the Lid, They drank, they laugh'd, they lov'd; and then 'twas Each to his Houfe. : DUEL (Night. Dryd. Hom. Now at the Time, and in th' appointed Place, This while he thinks, he lifts aloft his Dart; F 2 But But in dumb Surliness, each arm'd with Care, Their adverfe Breafts with Tufks oblique they wound, In mortal Battel redoubling Blow on Blow; Like Light'ning flam'd their Fauchions to and fro, And fiot a dreadful Gleam: So ftrong they ftrook, There feem'd lefs Force requir'd to fell an Oak. (Dryd. Pal. Arī. Now in clos'd Field, each other from afar They view, and rushing on begin the War : They launch their Spears; then hand to hand they meet, Their Bucklers clash, thick Blows defcend from high, So clash their Swords, and fo their Shields refound. Ten |