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It was terribly beautiful to Tess today, for since her eyes last fell upon it she had learnt that the serpent hisses where the sweet birds sing.

Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy
Age: 87 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1928
Died: January 28
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Dorchester
Dorset
Last
Birds
Upon
Fell
Sing
Eye
Bird
Hisses
Beautiful
Sweet
Tess
Today
Since
Serpent
Eyes
Learnt
Lasts
Terribly

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