"Life is a play acted by dying men, Where, if its heroes seem to foot it well And go light-tongued without grimace of pain, Death will be found anon. And who shall tell Which part was saddest, or in youth or age, When the tired actor stops and leaves the stage?"
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Atheists from EnglandEssayists from EnglandPoets from EnglandDiplomats of the United KingdomVictorian poets
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'Esther, A Young Man's Tragedy" (1892), Sonnet II
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Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (17 August 1840 – 10 September 1922) was a British poet and writer.
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