“With ravished ears
The monarch hears;
Assumes the god,
Affects the nod,
And seems to shake the spheres.”

—  John Dryden

Source: Alexander’s Feast http://www.bartleby.com/40/265.html (1697), l. 37–41.

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English poet and playwright of the XVIIth century 1631–1700

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