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I strove with none, for none was worth my strife. Nature I loved and, next to Nature, Art: I warm'd both hands before the fire of life It sinks, and I am ready to depart.
Walter Savage Landor
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Walter Savage Landor
Age: 89 †
Born: 1775
Born: January 30
Died: 1864
Died: September 17
Poet
Writer
Warwick
Warwickshire
Hands
None
Life
Worth
Loved
Ready
Strove
Fire
Sinks
Next
Depart
Art
Strife
Nature
Warm
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Fame, they tell you, is air but without air there is no life for any without fame there is none for the best.
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