James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902.
April 17Character of Zimri
By John Dryden (16311700)
“A
Not one, but all mankind’s epitome:
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong;
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But, in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman and buffoon.”