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We ought to make the moments notes Of happy glad Thanksgiving The hours and days, a silent praise Of music we are living.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Age: 68 †
Born: 1850
Born: November 5
Died: 1919
Died: October 30
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Janesville
Wisconsin
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Days
Hours
Thanksgiving
Happy
Glad
Living
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Moments
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Make
Silent

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The passion you forbade my lips to utter Will not be silenced. You must hear it in The sullen thunders when they roll and mutter: And when the tempest nears, with wail and din, I know your calm forgetfulness is broken, And to your heart you whisper, He has spoken.
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