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God's finger touched him, and he slept.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Age: 83 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 6
Died: 1892
Died: October 6
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And o'er the hills, and far away Beyond their utmost purple rim, Beyond the night, across the day, Thro' all the world she follow'd him.
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I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods.
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The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.
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But what am I? An infant crying in the night: An infant crying for the light: And with no language but a cry.
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