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We have two lives The soul of man is like the rolling world, One half in day, the other dipt in night The one has music and the flying cloud, The other, silence and the wakeful stars.

Alexander Smith

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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
Poet
Cille Mheàrnaig
Soul
Flying
Music
Clouds
Men
Silence
Life
Stars
Like
Half
Wakeful
World
Lives
Cloud
Night
Two
Rolling

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