"It may be we shall know in the hereafter Why we, begetting hopes, give birth to fears, And why the world's too beautiful for laughter, Too gross for tears."
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Percy Addleshaw
1866 – 1916
Percy Addleshaw (1866 – 1916) was an English poet, barrister and writer.
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