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Sometimes I fly like an eagle but with the wings of a wren

Anne Sexton

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Anne Sexton
Age: 45 †
Born: 1928
Born: November 9
Died: 1974
Died: October 4
Poet
Writer
Newton
Massachusetts
Anne Gray Harvey
Life
Like
Wren
Wrens
Eagle
Eagles
Wings
Sometimes

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