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The solitary Bee Whose buzzing was the only sound of life, Flew there on restless wing, Seeking in vain one blossom where to fix.

Robert Southey

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Robert Southey
Age: 68 †
Born: 1774
Born: August 12
Died: 1843
Died: March 21
Biographer
Historian
Poet
Politician
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Bristol
Gloucestershire
Robert Southey
Wings
Blossom
Whose
Flew
Sound
Restless
Life
Bees
Wing
Solitary
Vain
Seeking
Buzzing

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