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Earth, left silent by the wind of night,Seems shrunken 'neath the gray unmeasured height.

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William Morris
Age: 62 †
Born: 1834
Born: March 24
Died: 1896
Died: October 3
Wilcumestowe
William M. Morris
Seems
Neath
Earth
Shrunken
Gray
Height
Silent
Wind
Left
Night
Unmeasured

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Speak not, move not, but listen, the sky is full of gold. No ripple on the river, no stir in field or fold, All gleams but naught doth glisten, but the far-off unseen sea. Forget days past, heart broken, put all memory by! No grief on the green hillside, no pity in the sky, Joy that may not be spoken fills mead and flower and tree.
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