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Thou hast been called, O sleep, the friend of woe, But 'tis the happy that have called thee so.

Robert Southey

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Robert Southey
Age: 68 †
Born: 1774
Born: August 12
Died: 1843
Died: March 21
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Bristol
Gloucestershire
Robert Southey
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