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Metaphor Category:
"Mineral"
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Nationality of Author:
"English"
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Gender of Author:
"Male"
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Literary Period:
"Long Eighteenth Century"
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Religion of Author:
"Anglican then Conversion to Catholicism"
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Work title:
"Poem"
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Genre:
"Poetry"
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Date: 1685
A "heaven-born mind" may have "no dross to purge from [its] rich ore"
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1687
"Souls that can scarce ferment their mass of clay; / So drossy, so divisible are they, / As would but serve pure bodies for allay."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)