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The true one of youth's love, proving a faithful helpmate in those years when the dream of life is over, and we live in its realities.

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
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Robert Southey
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