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Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise.
Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise.
Approximate author period: c. 1828 AD · industrial
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- Fitz-Greene Halleck
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- Approximate author period: c. 1828 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
On the Death of Joseph Rodman Drake.
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