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War, he sung, is Toil and Trouble; Honour, but an empty Bubble. Never ending, still… — John Dryden

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War, he sung, is Toil and Trouble; Honour, but an empty Bubble. Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying; If the World be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying.

John Dryden
1697
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Anti-warWar
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1697
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John Dryden
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Dryden, John. "Alexander's Feast." John Dryden Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 2002, I. 97.
Original citation
Dryden, John. Alexander's Feast, or The Power of Musique an Ode, in Honour of St. Cecilia's Day. London: Jacob Tonson, 1697, I. 97.

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