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There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowels of the earth, many a fair pearl laid up in the bosom of the sea, that never was seen, nor never shall be.

Joseph Hall

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Joseph Hall
Age: 82 †
Born: 1574
Born: July 1
Died: 1656
Died: September 8
Clergyman
Poet
Priest
Writer
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Leicestershire
Rich
Laid
Earth
Stone
Many
Fairs
Never
Fair
Bowels
Stones
Bosom
Sea
Pearl
Shall
Bosoms
Seen
Pearls

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