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Out of my deeper heart a bird rose and flew skywards. Higher and higher did it rise, yet larger and larger did it grow. At first it was but like a swallow, then a lark, then an eagle, then as vast as a spring cloud, and then it filled the starry heavens. Out of my heart a bird flew skywards. And it waxed larger as it flew. Yet it left not my heart.

Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
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