Men met each other with erected look, The steps were higher that they took Friends to congratulate their friends made haste, And long inveterate foes saluted as they pass'd. (John Dryden)

Men met each other with erected look, The steps were higher that they took Friends to congratulate their friends made haste, And long inveterate foes saluted as they pass'd.

John Dryden

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