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All nature mourns, the skies relent in showers hushed are the birds, and closed the drooping flowers.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Flower
Mourn
Nature
Showers
Closed
Birds
Relent
Flowers
Drooping
Sky
Mourns
Rain
Hushed
Bird
Skies

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