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But pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flower

John Bunyan

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John Bunyan
Age: 59 †
Born: 1628
Born: November 28
Died: 1688
Died: August 31
Novelist
Preacher
Theologian
Writer
Elstow
Bedfordshire
John Bunyan
Pleasure
Like
Poppies
Seize
Pleasures
Spread
Flower

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