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John Dryden

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John Dryden
Age: 68 †
Born: 1631
Born: August 7
Died: 1700
Died: May 12
Hymnwriter
Literary Critic
Playwright
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Northamptonshire
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I am resolved to grow fat and look young till forty, and then slip out of the world with the first wrinkle and the reputation of five-and-twenty.
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Ever a glutton, at another's cost, But in whose kitchen dwells perpetual frost.
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An ugly woman in a rich habit set out with jewels nothing can become.
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At home the hateful names of parties cease, And factious souls are wearied into peace.
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And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than by disputes the public peace disturb For points obscure are of small use to learn, But common quiet is mankind's concern.
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An horrible stillness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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Hushed as midnight silence.
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He invades authors like a monarch and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.
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He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.
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Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
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She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.
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Love is love's reward.
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