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All the great things of life are swiftly done, Creation, death, and love the double gate. However much we dawdle in the sun We have to hurry at the touch of Fate.

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
Life
However
Swiftly
Creation
Gate
Death
Hurry
Done
Double
Great
Gates
Much
Touch
Things
Sun
Love
Fate

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