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A man does not plant a tree for himself he plants it for posterity.
Alexander Smith
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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
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A poem round and perfect as a star.
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The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in god and woman.
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The pleased sea on a white-breasted shore-- A shore that wears on her alluring brows Rare shells, far brought, the love-gifts of the sea, That blushed a tell-tale.
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In my garden, care stops at the gate and gazes at me wistfully through the bars.
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