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He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Age: 61 †
Born: 1772
Born: October 21
Died: 1834
Died: July 25
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S. T. Coleridge
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