An Essay on Criticism. Part I • Paragraph 106
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[Lines 374-381: This passage refers to Dryden's ode, _Alexander's Feast_, or _The Power of Music_. Timotheus, mentioned in it, was a musician of Boeotia, a favorite of Alexander's, not the great musician Timotheus, who died before Alexander was born, unless, indeed, Dryden have confused the two.]