John Dryden (1631–1700) English poet and playwright of the XVIIth century
Source: Alexander’s Feast http://www.bartleby.com/40/265.html (1697), l. 12–15.
“Timely blossom, Infant fair,
Fondling of a happy pair.”
To Miss Charlotte Pulteney in Her Mother’s Arms (1724)
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