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I will imagine you Venus tonight and pray, pray, pray to your star like a Heathen.

John Keats

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John Keats
Age: 25 †
Born: 1795
Born: October 31
Died: 1821
Died: February 23
Judge-Rapporteur
Physician
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Praying
Imagine
Stars
Heathen
Like
Venus
Tonight
Pray

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