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Say, has some wet bird-haunted English lawn Lent it the music of its trees at dawn?

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Matthew Arnold
Age: 65 †
Born: 1822
Born: December 24
Died: 1888
Died: April 15
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
School Inspector
University Teacher
Writer
Laleham
Surrey
Haunted
Wet
Dawn
Trees
English
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Lent
Tree
Lawn
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Lawns

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