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The spider's most attenuated thread Is cord, is cable, to man's tender tie On earthly bliss it breaks at every breeze.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Happiness
Earthly
Every
Breeze
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Men
Tender
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Thread
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Spider
Bliss
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Spiders

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