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Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.
Thomas Gray
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Thomas Gray
Age: 54 †
Born: 1716
Born: December 26
Died: 1771
Died: July 30
Literary Critic
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London
England
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To brisk notes in cadence beating, glance their many-twinkling feet.
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Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond today.
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