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I built my soul a lordly pleasure-house, Wherein at ease for aye to dwell. I said, "O Soul, make merry and carouse, Dear soul, for all is well."
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- 2002 Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz
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- Alfred Tennyson: Julia Margaret Cameron / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Douglas Blackburn: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charles Ingram: Threaders at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized