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The sun of the mind, and the life of the heart is Wisdom. She is pure and full of light, crowning grey hairs with lustre, And kindling the eye of youth with a fire not its own.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

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Martin Farquhar Tupper
Born: 1810
Born: July 17
Poet
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Wisdom
Hairs
Eye
Grey
Light
Sun
Heart
Youth
Mind
Pure
Life
Hair
Crowning
Full
Lustre
Fire
Kindling

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