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Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves.

Robert Southey

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Robert Southey
Age: 68 †
Born: 1774
Born: August 12
Died: 1843
Died: March 21
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Poet
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Bristol
Gloucestershire
Robert Southey
Good
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Chastens
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Affliction
Sent
Trials
Vain
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Young

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