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It is, we believe, Idle to hope that the simple stirrup-pump Can extinguish hell.

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Henry Reed
Age: 72 †
Born: 1914
Born: February 22
Died: 1986
Died: December 8
Poet
Birmingham
West Midlands
Extinguish
Pump
Pumps
Idle
Hell
Simple
Hope
Believe
Stirrups

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