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One to destroy, is murder by the law and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe to murder thousands, takes a specious name, 'War's glorious art', and gives immortal fame.

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Fear
Gives
Lifted
Keep
Name
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Art
Takes
Immortal
Hands
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Glorious
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Names
Thousands
Literature
Murder
Law
Destroy
War
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He sins against this life, who slights the next.
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