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Life is a frail moth flying Caught in the web of the years that pass.

Sara Teasdale

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Sara Teasdale
Age: 48 †
Born: 1884
Born: August 8
Died: 1933
Died: January 29
Poet
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Sara Teasdale Filsinger
Sara Trevor Teasdale
Life
Moth
Moths
Frail
Flying
Pass
Caught
Years

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