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Woes cluster. Rare are solitary woes They love a train, they tread each other's heel.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Love
Clusters
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Heels
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