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Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.
A. E. Housman
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A. E. Housman
Age: 77 †
Born: 1859
Born: January 1
Died: 1936
Died: January 1
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Good night ensured release, Imperishable peace, Have these for yours. * While sky and sea and land And earth's foundations stand And heaven endures. *These three lines are on the tablet over Housman's grave in the parish church at Ludlow, Shropshire, England
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All knots that lovers tie Are tied to sever. Here shall your sweetheart lie, Untrue for ever.
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