23 February The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
He often lying broad awake, and yet Remaining from the body, and apart In intellect and power and will, hath heard Time flowing in the middle of the night, And all things creeping to a day of doom.
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- William Whitehead: Benjamin Wilson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Paul West: Liz Butler, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Bernard Cornwell: SarahSierszyn from Chatham, MA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Keats: William Hilton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Leopold Davis Lewis: Alfred Bryan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
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