Excerpt from The Poetical Works of John Dryden: With a Life of the Author And projects void of grace or sense disclose. Such was the charge on pious Michal brought, Michal that ne'er was cruel even in thought, The best of queens and most obedient wife, Impeach'd of curst designs on David's life! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.