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Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes... Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.

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
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Dream
Casts
Come
Forgotten
Sometimes
Forward
Long
Dreams
Mind
Behinds
Interludes
Things
Behind
Rush
Brain
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