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Who can wrestle against Sleep? - Yet is that giant very gentleness.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

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Martin Farquhar Tupper
Born: 1810
Born: July 17
Poet
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Wrestle
Gentleness
Giant
Giants
Sleep

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