Alexander's Feast, or The Power of Musique an Ode, in Honour of St. Cecilia's Day

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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

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Topic

Anti-war War

Author

John Dryden

Source

Alexander's Feast, or The Power of Musique an Ode, in Honour of St. Cecilia's Day

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1697 1690s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

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.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "Alexander's Feast." John Dryden Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 2002, I. 97.