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There is a road that turning always Cuts off the country of Again. Archers stand there on every side And as it runstime's deer is slain, And lies where it has lain.
Edwin Muir
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Edwin Muir
Age: 71 †
Born: 1887
Born: May 15
Died: 1959
Died: January 3
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