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(1631-1700) British writer. John Dryden was an English poet, dramatist, and critic. He so dominated the literary scene of his day that it was called the "Age of Dryden;" he was also a poet laureate, 1668-89.
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John Dryden's poem, addressed to a man, expresses unrequited love.

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