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None pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware.

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
Pity
None
Would
Pities
Snare
Snares
Warned
Beware

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