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Life is but sighs and, when they cease, 'tis over.

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
Cease
Life
Sighs
Sigh

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