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God once declared He was true And then took the veil and withdrew.

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Robert Frost
Age: 88 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 26
Died: 1963
Died: January 29
Pedagogue
Playwright
Poet
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Robert Lee Frost
Withdrawal
Veil
Declared
Veils
God
Took
True
Truth
Withdrew

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