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Below the high Cathedral stairs,
Lie the remains of Agnes Pears.
Her name was Wiggs; it was not Pears.
But Pears was put to rhyme with stairs.
Edward Lear
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A mighty pain to love it is, And 't is a pain that pain to miss; But of all pains, the greatest pain It is to love, but love in vain.
Abraham Cowley
Edward Lear
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Born:
May 12, 1812
Died:
January 29, 1888
(aged 75)
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