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Tread Lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow.

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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
Author
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Playwright
Poet
Prosaist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Dublin city
Oscar O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
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Hear
Grows
Daisies
Speak
Tread
Lightly
Gently
Near
Snow
Grow

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