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Those who in living fill the smallest space, In death have often left the greatest void.

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
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Headstone
Left
Smallest
Void
Fill
Greatest
Space
Living
Often

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