This man wrote a poem whose 304 stanzas, inspired by William Davenant's  Gondibert , are all decasyllabic quatrains ending in periods.
This man wrote a poem whose 304 stanzas, inspired by William Davenant's  Gondibert , are all decasyllabic quatrains ending in periods. His longest poem contains the first appearance of the phrase "blaze of glory." This author asserted "all human things are subject to decay, and, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey" at the beginning of a poetic attack on a man who "never deviates into sense," the "true-blue Protestant poet" (*)  Thomas Shadwell. His allegories include a poem in which the Catholic and Anglican churches are represented by the title animals and a poem in which the Duke of Monmouth and the Earl of Shaftesbury become a rebellious Biblical duo. For 10 points, name this Restoration poet of "Annus Mirabilis," "The Hind and the Panther," "Mac Flecknoe," and "Absalom and Achitophel."
This man wrote a poem whose 304 stanzas, inspired by William Davenant's  Gondibert , are all decasyllabic quatrains ending in periods.
John  Dryden  