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His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity-Zekle.

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James Russell Lowell
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 22
Died: 1891
Died: August 12
Diplomat
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Went
Heart
Goin
Pity

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