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You will always be here with me As long as I live, A towering figure of love.

May Sarton

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May Sarton
Age: 83 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 3
Died: 1995
Died: July 16
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May Eleanor Sarton
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I tell the gods are still alive / And they are not consoling.
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Mountains define you. You cannot define / Them.
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