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A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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American writer and poet

Born:29th August, 1809
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Starsign: Virgo

Author Keywords: Poet, Writer, American

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Agathon, Nat Gubbins, Philip Freneau, Robert Herrick, Harry Vaughan

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