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Stone, steel, dominions pass, Faith too, no wonder So leave alone the grass That I am under.

A. E. Housman

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A. E. Housman
Age: 77 †
Born: 1859
Born: January 1
Died: 1936
Died: January 1
Classical Philologist
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