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The dying swan, when years her temples pierce, In music-strains breathes out her life and verse, And, chanting her own dirge, tides on her wat'ry hearse.
Phineas Fletcher
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Phineas Fletcher
Age: 68 †
Born: 1582
Born: April 8
Died: 1650
Died: December 13
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Kent
England
Phineas Fletcher
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