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Every fairy child may keep Two strong ponies and ten sheep All have houses, each his own, Built of brick or granite stone They live on cherries, they run wild I'd love to be a Fairy's child.

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Robert Graves
Age: 90 †
Born: 1895
Born: July 24
Died: 1985
Died: December 7
Literary Critic
Military Personnel
Mythographer
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Theatre Critic
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Running
Stone
Ponies
Keep
Wild
Granite
Two
Ten
Cherries
May
Stones
Brick
Live
Built
Bricks
Children
Child
Houses
Every
Strong
Sheep
Love
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Fairy

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