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My garden, with its silence and pulses of fragrance that come and go on the airy undulations, affects me like sweet music. Care stops at the gates, and gazes at me wistfully through the bars.

Alexander Smith

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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
Poet
Cille Mheàrnaig
Music
Gates
Pulses
Come
Bars
Gazes
Like
Smell
Airy
Garden
Pulse
Sweet
Fragrance
Silence
Affects
Nature
Scent
Care
Stops
Wistfully

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