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The Muses' fairest light in no dark time; The wonder of a learned age; the line Which none can pass; the most proportion'd wit, To nature, the best judge of what was fit; The deepest, plainest, highest, clearest pen; The voice most echo'd by consenting men;

Author:John Cleveland.

MEMOIRS OF JONSON, &c. EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR.