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And friend received with thumps upon the back.

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Received
Friendship
Friend
Upon
Back

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Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . Less base the fear of death than fear of life. O Britain! infamous for suicide.
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Final Ruin fiercely drives Her ploughshare o'er creation.
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We nothing know, but what is marvellous Yet what is marvellous, we can't believe.
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