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The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 09

Note 6 — HEROIC STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF OLIVER CROMWELL.

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When Ajax died, the purple blood, That from his gaping wound had flowed, Turned into letters; every leaf Had on it wrote his epitaph: So from that crimson flood, Which thou by fate of times wert led Unwillingly to shed, Letters and learning rose, and arts renewed.

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