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Look on the grave where thou must sleep Thy last, and strongest foe It is endurance not to weep, If that repose seem woe.

Emily Bronte

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Emily Bronte
Age: 30 †
Born: 1818
Born: July 30
Died: 1848
Died: December 19
Novelist
Poet
Thornton
West Yorkshire
Ellis Bell
Emily Jane Brontë
Aimili Bolangte
Emili Bronte
Emily Jane Bronte
Ai-mi-li Po-lang-tʻe
Ėmilii︠a︡ Bronte
エ ミ リ ー ブ ロ ン テ
Look
Graves
Looks
Thou
Foe
Must
Seem
Woe
Sleep
Repose
Lasts
Weep
Last
Endurance
Death
Grave
Seems
Strongest

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