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Those evening bells! those evening bells! How many a tale their music tells Of youth and home, and that sweet time When last I heard their soothing chime!

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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
Sweet
Chimes
Heard
Soothing
Lasts
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Last
Bells
Home
Tales
Music
Tells
Many
Evening
Time
Youth
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