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The glory dies not, and the grief is past.

The glory dies not, and the grief is past.

Approximate author period: c. 1852 AD · industrial

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Francis W. Bourdillon
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Approximate author period: c. 1852 AD · industrial
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Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)

Samuel Egerton Brydges (1762-1837): Sonnet on the Death of Sir Walter Scott.

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