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Desire’s the vast extent of human mind, It mounts above, and leaves poor hope behind.
Desire’s the vast extent of human mind, It mounts above, and leaves poor hope behind.
Approximate author period: c. 1666 AD · renaissance
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- John Dryden
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- Approximate author period: c. 1666 AD · renaissance
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 180 · printed citation: Dryden · subject: DESIRE—DESIRES
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