Absalom  

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"In Geoffrey Chaucer's, 'The Canterbury Tales', there are numerous references to The Song of Songs. The most notable of these is in The Miller's Tale in Absolon's attempted wooing of Alisoun"


"Great wits are sure to madness near alli'd"--Absalom and Achitophel (1681) by John Dryden

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The third son of David, king of Israel.

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Absalom, Absalom!





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