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Ye marshes, how candid and simple and nothing-withholding and free, Ye publish yourselves to the sky and offer yourselves to the sea.

Sidney Lanier

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Sidney Lanier
Age: 39 †
Born: 1842
Born: February 3
Died: 1881
Died: September 7
Hymnwriter
Musician
Poet
Writer
Macon
Georgia
Nothing
Offer
Environmental
Rivers
Sky
Sea
Marshes
Offers
Withholding
Simple
Candid
Free
Publish

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