<meta content="urn:uuid:6df551f9-4abf-4a21-80e6-d9025db549a2" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <p class="p17"><img alt="img25.jpg" height="523" src="images/img25.jpg" width="419"/></p> <p class="p7"><span class="t9">John Dryden (1631-1700) was the leading English poet of his day, becoming Poet Laureate in 1668.</span></p> </body> </html>