James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902.
July 15Character of the Duke of Monmouth
By John Dryden (16311700)From “Absalom and Achitophel”
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With kings and states allied to Israel’s crown:
In peace the thoughts of war he could remove,
And seemed as he were only born for love.
Whate’er he did was done with so much ease,
In him alone ’twas natural to please;
His motions all accompanied with grace;
And paradise was opened in his face.