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Every year without knowing it I have passed the day When the last fires will wave to me

W. S. Merwin

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W. S. Merwin
Age: 91 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 30
Died: 2019
Died: March 15
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New York City
New York
William Stanley Merwin
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Fires
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Wave
Every
Fire
Years
Knowing

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