“Wit will shine
Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.”

—  John Dryden

To the Memory of Mr. Oldham, line 15.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

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English poet and playwright of the XVIIth century 1631–1700

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