Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and he…

John Dryden
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Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence. ✨ John Dryden, Paul Hammond, David Hopkins (2007). Dryden: Selected Poems, p.219, Pearson Education
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