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Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.

William Shenstone

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William Shenstone
Age: 48 †
Born: 1714
Born: November 18
Died: 1763
Died: February 11
Gardener
Horticulturist
Poet
Writer
Stills
Stages
Still
Sigh
May
Dull
Think
Round
Thinking
Rounds
Life
Welcome
Stage
Warmest
Found
Inns

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