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When twilight dews are falling soft Upon the rosy sea, love, I watch the star whose beam so oft Has lighted me to thee, love.

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Charles Lamb
Age: 59 †
Born: 1775
Born: February 10
Died: 1834
Died: December 27
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Writer
London
England
Stars
Soft
Upon
Falling
Fall
Thee
Dews
Love
Star
Lighted
Sea
Rosy
Whose
Dew
Watches
Beam
Watch
Twilight

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