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One there is above all others, Well deserves the name of Friend! His is love beyond a brother's, Costly, free, and knows no end: They who once His kindness prove, Find it everlasting love!
One there is above all others, Well deserves the name of Friend! His is love beyond a brother's, Costly, free, and knows no end: They who once His kindness prove, Find it everlasting love!
Approximate author period: c. 1684 AD · renaissance
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- Author or tradition
- Isaac Newton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1684 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1642–1727)
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- Life and Literature (copyright 1910) (1910 AD)
Number 667 · printed citation: Newton
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