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I counsel thee, shut not thy heart, nor thy library.

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Charles Lamb
Age: 59 †
Born: 1775
Born: February 10
Died: 1834
Died: December 27
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
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London
England
Thee
Heart
Counsel
Shut
Library

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