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Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.

John Milton

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John Milton
Age: 65 †
Born: 1608
Born: December 9
Died: 1674
Died: November 8
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Brown
Shatter
Leaves
Laurels
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Berries
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Pluck
Come
Crude
Sere
Years
Rude
Mellowing
Never
Harsh
Myrtle
Forced
Ivy

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