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Sleep sweetly in the fields of asphodel, and waken, as of old, to stretch thy languid length, and purr thy soft contentment to the skies.

Agnes Repplier

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Agnes Repplier
Age: 92 †
Born: 1858
Born: April 1
Died: 1950
Died: December 15
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Fields
Sweetly
Sleep
Skies
Stretch
Contentment
Soft
Length
Waken
Cat
Purr
Sky
Languid

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