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And was the day of my delight As pure and perfect as I say?
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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Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.
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