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Something of the severe hath always been appertaining to order and to grace and the beauty that is not too liberal is sought the most ardently, and loved the longest.
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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I strove with none for none was worth my strife.
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That which moveth the heart most is the best poetry it comes nearest unto God, the source of all power.
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