"And silence their mourning With vows of returning But never intending to visit them more. No never, no never, intending to visit them more."
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Nahum Tate
Nahum Tate (1652 – 30 July 1715) was an Irish poet, hymnist and lyricist, who became Poet Laureate in 1692. Tate is best known for The History of King Lear, his 1681 adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear.
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