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The fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn.
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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We now to peace and darkness And earth and thee restore Thy creature that thou madest And wilt cast forth no more.
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