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Death stands above me, whispering low I know not what into my ear Of his strange language all I know Is, there is not a word of fear.
Walter Savage Landor
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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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Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.
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Cruelty in all countries is the companion of anger but there is only one, and never was another on the globe, where she coquets both with anger and mirth.
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I strove with none for none was worth my strife.
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Many laws as certainly make men bad, as bad men make many laws.
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