Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasure…

John Dryden
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Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying. If all the world be worth the winning, Think, oh think it worth enjoying: Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee. ✨ John Dryden (1866). Poetical Works: With a Memoir, p.17
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