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Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, Adorns and cheers our way And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
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County Roscommon
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Doctor Goldsmith
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Dottor Golssmith
Tom Telescope
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James Willington
Author of the Vicar of Wakefield
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