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I want to know a butcher paints, A baker rhymes for his pursuit, Candlestick-maker much acquaints His soul with song, or, haply mute, Blows out his brains upon the flute.
Robert Browning
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Robert Browning
Age: 77 †
Born: 1812
Born: May 7
Died: 1889
Died: December 12
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All service ranks the same with God,- With God, whose puppets, best and worst, Are we: there is no last nor first.
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He who did well in war just earns the right, To begin doing well in peace.
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