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Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so.

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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
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Oliverus Goldsmith
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Olivier Goldsmith
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Tom Telescope
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James Willington
Author of the Vicar of Wakefield
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