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Farewell, farewell to thee, Araby's daughter! Thus warbled a Peri beneath the dark sea.

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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
Sea
Daughter
Darkness
Dark
Farewell
Beneath
Thee
Thus

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