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Epistle to Peter Antony Motteux (1698), ll. 54–55
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Words, once my stock, are wanting to commend
So great a poet and so good a friend.

— John Dryden

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Words, once my stock, are wanting to commend
So great a poet and so good a friend." in the context of "Epistle to Peter Antony Motteux (1698), ll. 54–55" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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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.