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Subject: MOTTEUX, PETER ANTHONY (1660-1718)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` TO MR. MOTTEUX, ON HIS TRAGEDY CALLED BEAUTY IN DISTRESS, by JOHN DRYDEN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Tis hard, my friend,to write in such an age
Last Line: So great a poet and so good a friend.
Variant Title(s): To Peter Antony Motteux
Subject(s): Friendship; Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718); Plays & Playwrights ; Tragedy; Writing & Writers; Dramatists