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See the last orange roses, how they blow / Deeper and heavier than in their prime, / In one defiant flame before they go.

Vita Sackville-West

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Vita Sackville-West
Age: 70 †
Born: 1892
Born: March 9
Died: 1962
Died: June 2
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Lady Victoria Sackville-West
Victoria Mary Sackville-West
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