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I know not that there is anything in nature more soothing to the mind than the contemplation of the moon, sailing, like some planetary bark, amidst a sea of bright azure. The subject is certainly hackneyed the moon has been sung by poet and poetaster. Is there any marvel that it should be so?

William Gilmore Simms

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William Gilmore Simms
Age: 64 †
Born: 1806
Born: April 17
Died: 1870
Died: June 11
Historian
Lawyer
Novelist
Poet
Charleston
South Carolina
Moon
Soothing
Certainly
Marvel
Poet
Bark
Subjects
Sailing
Hackneyed
Nature
Contemplation
Azure
Anything
Bright
Planetary
Mind
Subject
Amidst
Like
Sea
Sung

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