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That agony returns And till my ghastly tale is told, This heart within me burns.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Age: 61 †
Born: 1772
Born: October 21
Died: 1834
Died: July 25
Critic
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Ottery St Mary
Devon
S. T. Coleridge
Within
Burns
Heart
Returns
Tale
Agony
Tales
Till
Return
Told
Ghastly

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