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A man must be sacrificed now and again to provide for the next generation of men.

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Amy Lowell
Age: 51 †
Born: 1874
Born: February 9
Died: 1925
Died: May 12
Poet
Socialite
Writer
Brookline
Massachusetts
Amy Lawrence Lowell
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Sacrifice
Generations
Next
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Sacrificed
Provide

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Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me,and drench me in loneliness.
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