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But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near.

Andrew Marvell

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Andrew Marvell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1621
Born: March 31
Died: 1678
Died: August 16
Poet
Politician
Satirist
Writer
Andrew Marvell
Witty
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Near
Chariot
Hear
Chariots
Back
Winged
Always
Hurrying
Time
Mistress

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