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We bury love Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead.

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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
Poet
Cille Mheàrnaig
Grass
Dead
Grows
Thing
Love
Forgetful
Like
Forgetfulness
Bury
Weep

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