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Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off.

William Davenant

William Davenant

English Poet

Born: 1606

Died: Apr 7, 1668

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River, Like, Afar, Off, Fame, Where, Bred

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Alexander Pope, Alfred Lord Tennyson, John Keats, John Milton, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning, William Blake, William Wordsworth

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