Maxioms by John Dryden
 All who (like him) have writ ill plays before,
 For they, like thieves, condemned, are hangman made,
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 All who (like him) have writ ill plays before,
 For they, like thieves, condemned, are hangman made,
  To execute the members of their trade. 
 As when the dove returning bore the mark
 Of earth restored to the long labouring ark;
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 As when the dove returning bore the mark
 Of earth restored to the long labouring ark;
  The relics of mankind, secure at rest,
   Open every window to receive the guest,
    And the fair bearer of the message bless'd. 
Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.
Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.
 We spirits have just such natures
 We had for all the world, when human creatures;
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 We spirits have just such natures
 We had for all the world, when human creatures;
  And, therefore, I, that was an actress here,
   Play all my tricks in hell, a goblin there.