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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.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
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Upham
Hampshire
Death
Flight
Britannia
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Suicide
Impetuous
Life
Wings
Sullen
Shame
Infamous
Took
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Wing
Fear
Base
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