Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace. ✨ John Dryden (176…

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Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace. ✨ John Dryden (1767). THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN, Esq; Containing All His ORIGINAL POEMS, TALES, AND TRANSLATIONS, IN FOUR VOLUMES.: VOLUME THE SECOND, p.135
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Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace. ✨ John Dryden (1767). THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN, Esq; Containing All His ORIGINAL POEMS, TALES, AND TRANSLATIONS, IN FOUR VOLUMES.: VOLUME THE SECOND, p.135

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