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To bear all naked truths, And to envisage circumstance, all calm, That is the top of sovereignty

John Keats

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John Keats
Age: 25 †
Born: 1795
Born: October 31
Died: 1821
Died: February 23
Judge-Rapporteur
Physician
Poet
Sovereignty
Truths
Naked
Calm
Bear
Bears
Envisage
Circumstances
Composure
Circumstance

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