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His cares are eased with intervals of bliss: His little children, climbing for a kiss, Welcome their father's late return at night.
His cares are eased with intervals of bliss: His little children, climbing for a kiss, Welcome their father's late return at night.
Approximate author period: c. 1666 AD · renaissance
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- Author or tradition
- John Dryden
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- Approximate author period: c. 1666 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1631–1701)
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- Life and Literature (copyright 1910) (1910 AD)
Number 269 · printed citation: Dryden
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