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EPITAPH DESIGNED FOR MR. DRYDEN'S MONUMENT by ALEXANDER POPE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THIS SHEFFIELD RAIS'D. THE SACRED DUST BELOW
Last Line: WAS DRYDEN ONCE: THE REST WHO DOES NOT KNOW?
Subject(s): DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700);

This SHEFFIELD rais'd. The sacred Dust below
Was DRYDEN once: The rest who does not know?



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