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At night, the moon, a pregnant woman, walks cautiously over the slippery heavens.

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Richard Aldington
Age: 70 †
Born: 1892
Born: July 8
Died: 1962
Died: July 27
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Journalist
Literary Critic
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Portsmouth
England
Edward Godfree Aldington
Moon
Walks
Heaven
Woman
Night
Cautiously
Slippery
Heavens
Pregnant

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