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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
Night
Giving
Men
Lustre
Woe
Affliction
Gives
Stars

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A dedication is a wooden leg.
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Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, that my heart has bled.
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And friend received with thumps upon the back.
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