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The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength.

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Robert Browning
Age: 77 †
Born: 1812
Born: May 7
Died: 1889
Died: December 12
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London
England
Robert Barrett Browning
Browning
Sea
Strength
Land
Heaves
Break
Buries
Tumultuous
Hangs
Loaded
Breaks

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