tyrannic

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Tyrannic Love was produced in 1668 or 1669; the music was added in 1694.

From Purcell by Runciman, John F.

The first fruits of the bargain were a prose-comedy called The Mock Astrologer and two heroic tragedies entitled Tyrannic Love and The Conquest of Granada, the latter being in two parts.

From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by Masson, David

Tyrannic Love smiled yesterday, And lost the terrors of his sway, But is a god again to-day.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various

A striking example would be the Song of the Spirits in Dryden's Tyrannic Love, Act iv.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague

Tyrannic Love, or the Royal Martyr, a Roman play 611 dealing with the persecution of the Christians by Maximin, in which St Catherine is introduced, and with her some supernatural machinery, was produced in 1669.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various