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The farmer's daughter hath soft brown hair And I met with a ballad, I can't say where, That wholly consisted of lines like these.

Charles Stuart Calverley

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Charles Stuart Calverley
Age: 52 †
Born: 1831
Born: December 22
Died: 1884
Died: February 17
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