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Affliction is the good man's shining scene prosperity conceals his brightest ray as night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Shining
Scene
Lustre
Gives
Conceals
Stars
Brightest
Night
Woe
Giving
Affliction
Good
Rays
Men
Prosperity

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