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What passion cannot music raise and quell!

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
Cannot
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Quell
Raise
Piano
Raises
Musical
Passion

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