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For life, good youth, hath never an illWhich hope cannot scatter, and faith cannot killAnd stubborn realities never shall bindThe free-spreading wings of a cheerful mind.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

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Martin Farquhar Tupper
Born: 1810
Born: July 17
Poet
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Cannot
Wings
Mind
Kill
Good
Youth
Scatter
Never
Shall
Spreading
Life
Free
Realities
Faith
Stubborn
Hope
Cheerful
Reality
Hath

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