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Sand-strewn caverns, cool and deep, Where the winds are all asleep Where the spent lights quiver and gleam Where the salt weed sways in the stream.

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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
Cool
Winds
Spent
Stream
Deep
Asleep
Wind
Weed
Sways
Light
Lights
Strewn
Salt
Caverns
Streams
Quiver
Sand
Gleam

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