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Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold New things succeed, as former things grow old.

Robert Herrick

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Robert Herrick
Age: 83 †
Born: 1591
Born: August 24
Died: 1674
Died: October 12
Poet
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London
England
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Times
Former
Doe
Thus
Thing
Succeed
Things
Hold
Time
Grow
Turn
Grows

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