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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.

William Cowper

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William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
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Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Nurse
Sick
Watches
Watch
Snoring
Sleep
Disturbs
Sweetly
Sleeps
Hired

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