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They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy.

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John Milton
Age: 65 †
Born: 1608
Born: December 9
Died: 1674
Died: November 8
Poet
Politician
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Joy
Quaff
Communion
Immortality
Sweet
Drink

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