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Also Known As	Esmé Stuart Lennox Robinson
Born	October 4, 1886 • Ireland
Died	October 14, 1958 (aged 72) • Dublin • Ireland
Notable Works	“Patriots”
Movement / Style	Irish literary renaissance

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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