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George Washington. Born 1732. Welcome to the day returning, Dearer still as ages flow, While the torch of faith is burning, Long as Freedom's altars glow! See the hero whom it gave us Slumbering on a mother's breast; For the arm he stretched to save us, Be its morn forever blest.
George Washington. Born 1732. Welcome to the day returning, Dearer still as ages flow, While the torch of faith is burning, Long as Freedom's altars glow! See the hero whom it gave us Slumbering on a mother's breast; For the arm he stretched to save us, Be its morn forever blest.
Approximate author period: c. 1809 AD · industrial
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- Oliver Wendell Holmes
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- Approximate author period: c. 1809 AD · industrial
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- The Optimist’s Good Morning (1911) (1911 AD)
Complete signed selection 57; printed byline: Oliver Wendell Holmes; Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911; printed copyright 1907
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