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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
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Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Playwright
Poet
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Short Story Writer
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Dublin city
Oscar O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
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Snow
Grow
Hear
Grows
Daisies
Speak
Tread
Lightly
Gently
Near

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