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Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.

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Charles Lamb
Age: 59 †
Born: 1775
Born: February 10
Died: 1834
Died: December 27
Literary Critic
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Poet
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London
England
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Heart
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Blade

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