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The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

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Walter Savage Landor
Age: 89 †
Born: 1775
Born: January 30
Died: 1864
Died: September 17
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Warwick
Warwickshire
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Waiting
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Siren
Sirens
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We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could.
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Of all studies, the most delightful and the most useful is biography. The seeds of great events lie near the surface historians delve too deep for them. No history was ever true. Lives I have read which, if they were not, had the appearance, the interest, and the utility of truth.
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