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If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.
A. E. Housman
A. E. Housman
A. E. Housman
Born: Mar 26, 1859
Died: Apr 30, 1936

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Memory, Skin, Poetry, Razor, Line, Ceases, Act

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