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In the morn of life we are alert, we are heated in its noon, and only in its decline do we repose.

Walter Savage Landor

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Walter Savage Landor
Age: 89 †
Born: 1775
Born: January 30
Died: 1864
Died: September 17
Poet
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Warwick
Warwickshire
Existence
Life
Morn
Heated
Alert
Repose
Noon
Decline

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