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Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives.

William Wordsworth

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William Wordsworth
Age: 80 †
Born: 1770
Born: April 7
Died: 1850
Died: April 23
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Cockermouth
Cumbria
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Transmutes
Subdues
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