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Beyond is all abyss, eternity, whose end no eye can reach.

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John Milton
Age: 65 †
Born: 1608
Born: December 9
Died: 1674
Died: November 8
Poet
Politician
Writer
Abyss
Eternity
Reach
Whose
Beyond
Eye
Ends

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