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Vanitas vanitatum has rung in the ears Of gentle and simple for thousands of years The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare Either simple or gentle from Vanity Fair.

Frederick Locker-Lampson

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Frederick Locker-Lampson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1821
Born: May 29
Died: 1895
Died: May 20
Poet
Writer
Frederick Locker
Never
Notes
Wail
Ears
Rung
Either
Scare
Heard
Vanity
Simple
Gentle
Stills
Thousands
Still
Fairs
Years
Fair

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