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For ever so our thoughtful hearts repeatOn fields of triumph dirges of defeatAnd still we turn on gala-days to treadAmong the rustling memories of the dead.

Henry Van Dyke

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Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
Diplomat
Poet
Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
Ever
Fields
Heart
Dead
Memories
Gala
Turn
Rustling
Days
Thoughtful
Turns
Triumph
Stills
Defeat
Still
Hearts

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