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Now laughing friends deride tears I cannot hide,
So I smile and say 'When a lovely flame dies,
Smoke gets in your eyes.'


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Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
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Otto Harbach

Otto Harbach

Born: August 18, 1873
Died: January 24, 1963 (aged 89)
Bio: Otto Abels Harbach, born Otto Abels Hauerbach was an American lyricist and librettist of about 50 musical comedies. He was Oscar Hammerstein II's mentor and believed that librettists should integrate songs into the plot.
Known for:
  1. Rose-Marie (1936)
  2. Song of the Flame (1930)
  3. The Desert Song (1953)
  4. No, No, Nanette (1940)
  5. Golden Dawn (1930)

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