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Make me, oh God, the prey of the Lion, ere you make the rabbit my prey

Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
The Spring
Gibran Khalil Gibran
Jubran Khalil Jubran
Prey
Lions
God
Make
Rabbit
Rabbits
Lion

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