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Like our shadows, our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Shadow
Sun
Age
Lengthen
Wish
Declines
Like
Shadows
Decline
Wishes
Aging

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Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving and procures contempt Instead of gratitude.
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