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The Poplar grows up straight and tall, The Pear-tree spreads along the wall

Sara Coleridge

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Sara Coleridge
Age: 49 †
Born: 1803
Born: January 1
Died: 1852
Died: May 3
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Keswick
Cumbria
Mrs. Henry Nelson Coleridge
Sara Coleridge Coleridge
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