Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon (1637–1685) Irish poet
Source: Essay on Translated Verse (1684), Line 173.
“Ev'en Thou my breast with such blest rage inspire,
As mov'd the tuneful strings of Davids Lyre”
Book I, lines 25-26
Davideis (1656)
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