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To man, that was in th' evening made, Stars gave the first delight Admiring, in the gloomy shade, Those little drops of light.

Edmund Waller

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Edmund Waller
Age: 81 †
Born: 1606
Born: March 3
Died: 1687
Died: October 21
Poet
Politician
Writer
Coleshill
Buckinghamshire
Gentleman that loves the peace
True son of the Church of England and a lover of his countries liberty
Edmund Waller
Stars
Light
Admiring
Littles
Drops
Little
Gloomy
Firsts
Shade
First
Evening
Made
Delight
Men
Gave

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