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A world made to be lost, - A bitter life 'twixt pain and nothing tost.

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William Morris
Age: 62 †
Born: 1834
Born: March 24
Died: 1896
Died: October 3
Wilcumestowe
William M. Morris
Nothing
Made
Life
World
Twixt
Bitter
Pain
Lost

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