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Twere too absurd to slight For the hereafter the todays delight!

Robert Browning

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Robert Browning
Age: 77 †
Born: 1812
Born: May 7
Died: 1889
Died: December 12
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Playwright
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London
England
Robert Barrett Browning
Browning
Pleasure
Today
Twere
Todays
Slight
Hereafter
Absurd
Delight

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