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A woman's love, like lichens upon a rock, will still grow where even charity can find no soil to nurture itself.
Christian Nestell Bovee
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Christian Nestell Bovee
Age: 83 †
Born: 1820
Born: February 22
Died: 1904
Died: January 18
Poet
New York City
New York
bovee
C. N. Bovee
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Love
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Upon
Lichens
Woman
Nurture
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Women
Charity
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Rock
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