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There is a chord in every heart that has a sigh in it if touched aright.

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Ouida
Age: 69 †
Born: 1839
Born: January 1
Died: 1908
Died: January 25
Novelist
Writer
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
Marie Louise de la Ramée
Marie Louise Ramé
Marie Louise de la Ramee
Marie Louise Rame
Heart
Every
Aright
Chord
Chords
Sigh
Touched
Sadness

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