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O sweet woods, the delight of solitariness!

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Philip Sidney
Age: 31 †
Born: 1554
Born: November 30
Died: 1586
Died: October 17
Diplomat
Military Personnel
Novelist
Poet
Politician
Kent
England
Sir Philip Sidney
Solitude
Delight
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Nature
Solitariness
Woods

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