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John Dryden, Preface to An Evening's Love, or The Mock-Astrologer (1668)
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The most excellent of modern poets, ... whom I reverence next to Virgil.

— John Dryden on Torquato Tasso

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John Dryden

About John Dryden

John Dryden (19 August O.S. 9 August 1631 – 12 May O.S. 1 May 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate.