NPNathaniel P. Willis

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Nathaniel P. Willis

Life dates: 1817 AD — 1867 AD

Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 1842 AD

At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.

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02c. 1842 AD

For it stirs the blood in an old man's heart, And makes his pulses fly, To catch the thrill of a happy voice And the light of a pleasant eye.

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03c. 1842 AD

It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses, When pleasant sights salute the eyes, And pleasant scents the noses.

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04c. 1842 AD

Let us weep in our darkness, but weep not for him! Not for him who, departing, leaves millions in tears! Not for him who has died full of honor and years! Not for him who ascended Fame's ladder so high From the round at the top he has stepped to the sky.

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