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for what is the gift of the poet and the artist except to see the sights which others cannot see and to hear the sounds that others cannot hear?

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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
Hear
Sound
Sights
Artist
Sounds
Art
Gift
Others
Sight
Cannot
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Poet
Poetry

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