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The play is done the curtain drops, Slow falling to the prompter's bell A moment yet the actor stops And looks around to say farewell.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Age: 52 †
Born: 1811
Born: July 18
Died: 1863
Died: December 24
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