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I strongly wish for what I faintly hope like the daydreams of melancholy men, I think and think in things impossible, yet love to wander in that golden maze.

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
Think
Wander
Thinking
Golden
Daydreams
Like
Impossible
Faintly
Hope
Maze
Wish
Mazes
Things
Daydreaming
Men
Melancholy
Love
Strongly

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