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I warmed 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
Life
Warmed
Sinks
Depart
Dying
Ready
Fire
Death

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