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Nobody knew the Iron Man had fallen.
Night passed.
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I shall also take you forth and carve our names together in a yew tree, haloed with stars...
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The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff. How far had he walked? Nobody knows. Where did he come from? Nobody knows. How was he made? Nobody knows. Taller than a house the Iron Man stood at the top of the cliff, at the very brink, in the darkness.
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Born:
August 17, 1930
Died:
October 28, 1998
(aged 68)
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Edward James "Ted" Hughes was an English poet and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation, and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers.
Known for:
Birthday Letters (1998)
The Iron Man (1968)
The Hawk in the Rain (1957)
Tales from Ovid (1997)
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