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'T is heaven alone that is given away 'T is only God may be had for the asking.

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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
Heaven
Given
Away
May
Dross
Asking
Alone

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