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Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes

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Anne McCaffrey
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 1
Died: 2011
Died: November 21
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Anne Inez McCaffrey
Beats
Flame
Star
Passes
Stars
Strike
Sear
Flames
Dawning
Strikes
Pipers
Soldier
Sears
Red
Piper
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Drummer

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