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Shalt show us how divine a thing A woman may be made.

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
Wordsworth
Made
Shalt
Divinity
Divine
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Woman
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May
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