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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

2967 John Dryden 1631-1700 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2967
AUTHOR:John Dryden (1631–1700)
QUOTATION:Softly sweet, in Lydian measures,
Soon he sooth’d his soul to pleasures.
War, he sung, is toil and trouble;
Honour but an empty bubble;
  Never ending, still beginning,
Fighting still, and still destroying.
  If all the world be worth the winning,
Think, oh think it worth enjoying:
  Lovely Thais sits beside thee,
  Take the good the gods provide thee.
ATTRIBUTION:Alexander’s Feast. Line 97.
 


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