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St. 3
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The trumpet's loud clangor
Excites us to arms.

— John Dryden

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The trumpet's loud clangor
Excites us to arms." in the context of "St. 3" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "John Dryden" (Quotes, A Song for St. Cecilia's Day (1687)) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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John Dryden

About John Dryden

John Dryden (19 August O.S. 9 August 1631 – 12 May O.S. 1 May 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate.