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Mere wealth, I am above it, / It is the reputation wide, / The playwright's pomp, the poet's pride / That eagerly I covet.

Phyllis McGinley

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Phyllis McGinley
Age: 72 †
Born: 1905
Born: March 21
Died: 1978
Died: February 22
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Phyllis McGinley
Mere
Fame
Pomp
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Covet
Pride
Eagerly
Wealth
Playwright
Reputation
Wide

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