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We are poor, indeed, when we have no half-wishes left us. The heart and the imagination close the shutters the instant they are gone.

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
Gone
Poor
Half
Shutters
Wish
Wishes
Left
Instant
Heart
Indeed
Close
Imagination

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