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Love is enough: though the world be a-waning, And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining.

William Morris

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William Morris
Age: 62 †
Born: 1834
Born: March 24
Died: 1896
Died: October 3
Wilcumestowe
William M. Morris
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Enough
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Waning
Complaining
Woods
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