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He guides me and the bird. In His good time!

Robert Browning

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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
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Good
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I judge people by what they might be, - not are, nor will be.
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