THE SHEPHERD PROTEUS IN DRYDEN'S "ANNUS MIRABILIS."
Tags: ANNUS Mirabilis (Poem : Dryden); POETRY (Literary form) -- History & criticism; DRYDEN, John, 1631-1700; DAVID, King of Israel, ca. 1040-970 B.C.; PROTEUS (Greek deity); ENGLISH poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History & criticism; CHARLES II, King of England, 1630-1685; GREAT Fire, London, England, 1666
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