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Age should fly concourse, cover in retreat defects of judgment, and the will subdue walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore of that vast ocean it must sail so soon.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Must
Silent
Solemn
Ocean
Defects
Judgment
Retreat
Soon
Sail
Walk
Thoughtful
Silence
Shore
Walks
Cover
Concourse
Age
Vast
Subdue

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