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Seas are the fields of combat for the winds but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly, and their rage is lost.

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
Fields
Sweep
Along
Seas
Wind
Winds
Move
Coast
Moving
Combat
Lost
Rage
Wings
Flowery
Sea
Mildly

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