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By writing much, one learns to write well.

Robert Southey

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Robert Southey
Age: 68 †
Born: 1774
Born: August 12
Died: 1843
Died: March 21
Biographer
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Poet
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Bristol
Gloucestershire
Robert Southey
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My name is Death: the last best friend am I.
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Earth could not hold us both, nor can one heaven Contain my deadliest enemy and me.
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