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The sun was down, And all the west was paved with sullen fire. I cried, Behold! the barren beach of hell At ebb of tide.

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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
Poet
Cille Mheàrnaig
Beach
Paved
West
Sullen
Sun
Barren
Hell
Tide
Fire
Behold
Tides
Sunset
Cried

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