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A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

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Anne Bronte
Age: 29 †
Born: 1820
Born: January 17
Died: 1849
Died: May 28
Governess
Novelist
Poet
Thornton
West Yorkshire
Acton Bell
Ann Brontë
Anne Bronte
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Annie Bronte
Sunshine
Laughed
Wind
Nature
Light
Swept
Corny
Corn

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