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Days decrease, / And autumn grows, autumn in everything.

Robert Browning

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Robert Browning
Age: 77 †
Born: 1812
Born: May 7
Died: 1889
Died: December 12
Dramaturgy
Playwright
Poet
Writer
London
England
Robert Barrett Browning
Browning
Days
Grows
Nature
Everything
Decrease
Autumn
Inspiring

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