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I am like a moon that shines on an immense, unknown sea where ships never pass

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Auguste Rodin
Age: 77 †
Born: 1840
Born: November 12
Died: 1917
Died: November 17
Drawer
Graphic Artist
Photographer
Sculptor
Paris
France
Rodin
François-Auguste-René Rodin
François Auguste Rodin
Francois A. Rene Rodin
Rodan
Ogi︠u︡st Roden
François Auguste René Rodin
René François Auguste Rodin
august rodin
rodin
a. rodin
rodin auguste
rodin a.
aug. rodin
e. rodin
Lo-tan
Roden Rone Fransua Ogyust
Unknown
Shining
Pass
Sea
Moon
Never
Shines
Like
Immense
Ships

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