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We sack, we ransack to the utmost sands Of native kingdoms, and of foreign lands: We travel sea and soil we pry, and prowl, We progress, and we prog from pole to pole.

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Francis Quarles
Age: 52 †
Born: 1592
Born: May 8
Died: 1644
Died: September 8
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Havering
Travel
Utmost
Progress
Lands
Land
Kingdoms
Ransack
Sand
Prog
Native
Prowl
Soil
Sack
Foreign
Sands
Sea
Pole

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