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Give up the dream that Love may trick the fates To live again somewhere beyond the gleam Of dying stars, or shatter the strong gates Some god has builded high give up the dream.

Don Marquis

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Don Marquis
Age: 59 †
Born: 1878
Born: July 29
Died: 1937
Died: December 29
Author
Humorist
Journalist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Illinois
USA
Donald Robert Perry Marquis
Give
Atheism
Builded
May
Fate
Fates
Live
Dying
Shatter
Giving
Beyond
Gleam
Love
Stars
Trick
High
Gates
Strong
Tricks
Dream
Somewhere

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