WENTWORTH DILLON EARL OF ROSCOMMON
\wˈɛntwɜːθ dˈɪlən ˈɜːl ɒv ɹˈɒskɒmən], \wˈɛntwɜːθ dˈɪlən ˈɜːl ɒv ɹˈɒskɒmən], \w_ˈɛ_n_t_w_ɜː_θ d_ˈɪ_l_ə_n ˈɜː_l ɒ_v ɹ_ˈɒ_s_k_ɒ_m_ə_n]\
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An Irish poet; born in 1633; died in London, Jan. 17, 1684 or 1685. He devoted himself to the production of literature, much of it in conjunction with Dryden; and produced among other works: "Essays on Translated Verse" (1684); a blank-verse paraphrase of Horace's "Ars Poetica" (1680); and a translation of "Dies Irae".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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