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Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.

John Dryden

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John Dryden
Age: 68 †
Born: 1631
Born: August 7
Died: 1700
Died: May 12
Hymnwriter
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Translator
Aldwincle
Northamptonshire
Beauty
Betrayed
Literature
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Glide
Sure
Pleased
Footing
Cannot
Betray
Shun
Doe
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Swiftly
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Ice
Tread
Like
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Slippery
Danger
Dangers

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