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Circles in water as they wider flow The less conspicuous in their progress grow, And when at last they trench upon the shore, Distinction ceases and they're view'd no more.

George Crabbe

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George Crabbe
Age: 79 †
Born: 1754
Born: December 24
Died: 1834
Died: February 3
Entomologist
Medicine
Poet
Surgeon
Writer
Aldeburgh
Suffolk
Upon
Flow
Conspicuous
Less
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Trenches
Water
Grow
Wider
Progress
Ceases
Views
Shore
Grows
Distinction
Lasts
Circles
Last
Cease
Trench

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