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I have a rendezvous with death... I will not fail that rendezvous

Alan Seeger

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Alan Seeger
Age: 28 †
Born: 1888
Born: June 22
Died: 1916
Died: July 4
Military Personnel
Poet
Writer
New York City
New York
Rendezvous
Fail
Failing
Death

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