"O say what is this thing call'd Light, Which I must ne'er enjoy"
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Colley Cibber
Colley Cibber (June 11, 1671 – November 12, 1757) was an English actor, playwright, Poet Laureate, first British actor-manager, and head Dunce of Alexander Pope's Dunciad.
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