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I have seen flowers come in stony places And kind things done by men with ugly faces, And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races, So I trust, too.

John Masefield

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John Masefield
Age: 88 †
Born: 1878
Born: June 1
Died: 1967
Died: May 12
Journalist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
County of Herefordshire
John Edward Masefield
Men
Worst
Cups
Seen
Flowers
Race
Ugly
Faces
Horse
Come
Places
Done
Gold
Kind
Flower
Stony
Things
Trust
Races

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