“He trudged along unknowing what he sought,
And whistled as he went, for want of thought.”

— John Dryden , book Fables, Ancient and Modern

Source: Fables, Ancient and Modern (1700), Cymon and Iphigenia, Lines 84-85.

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English poet and playwright of the XVIIth century 1631–1700

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“He trudged along unknowing what he sought,
And whistled as he went, for want of thought.”