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Night's deepest gloom is but a calm that soothes the weary mind: The labored days restoring balm the comfort of mankind.

Leigh Hunt

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Leigh Hunt
Age: 74 †
Born: 1784
Born: October 19
Died: 1859
Died: August 28
Autobiographer
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
Translator
Southgate
London
James Henry Leigh Hunt
Mind
Gloom
Weary
Deepest
Calm
Soothes
Comfort
Labored
Mankind
Balm
Days
Restoring
Night
Calmness

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