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Was genius ever ungrateful? Mere talents are dry leaves, tossed up and down by gusts of passion, and scattered and swept away but, Genius lies on the bosom of Memory, and Gratitude at her feet.

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
Genius
Bosoms
Talent
Talents
Memories
Dry
Gusts
Feet
Leaves
Tossed
Passion
Gratitude
Scattered
Lying
Memory
Bosom
Away
Mere
Ungrateful
Ever
Lies
Swept

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