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Drive the women from the bed just as you drove them from the choir a eunuch sings in Rome, and the priests masturbate.

Franz Grillparzer

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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
Choir
Drove
Rome
Eunuch
Priests
Masturbate
Drive
Eunuchs
Bed
Masturbation
Women
Sings
Chastity

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