Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. ✨ John Dryden, C.…

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Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. ✨ John Dryden, C. B., Esquire Charles BATHURST (1852). Selections from the poetry of Dryden, including his plays and translations. [The editor's preface signed: C. B., i.e. Charles Bathurst.], p.212
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Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds. ✨ John Dryden (1854). Poetical Works, p.145
They that possess the prince possess the laws. ✨ John Dryden, Absalom And Achitophel
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I'm a little wounded, but I am not slain; I will lay me down to bleed a while. Then I'll rise and fight again.

Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. ✨ John Dryden, C. B., Esquire Charles BATHURST (1852). Selections from the poetry of Dryden, including his plays and translations. [The editor's preface signed: C. B., i.e. Charles Bathurst.], p.212

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