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Doth Nature draw me, 'tis because, Unto my seeming, there doth lurk A lawlessness about her laws, More mood than purpose in her work.

Alfred Austin

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Alfred Austin
Age: 78 †
Born: 1835
Born: May 30
Died: 1913
Died: June 2
Journalist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Law
Lawlessness
Purpose
Seeming
Nature
Doth
Work
Unto
Draw
Mood
Draws
Laws
Lurk

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