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“From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.”
 
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
 
Nationality:   English
 
Date of Birth:   Apr 5, 1837
 
Date of Death:   Apr 10,  1909
 
Profession:   Poet
 
 
 
 
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