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John Dryden Quotes: Heroic poetry has ever been esteemed the greatest work of human nature.
         

Heroic poetry has ever been esteemed the greatest work of human nature.


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When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.



Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.



Dead men tell no tales.

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