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Here come the hum the golden bees Underneath full blossomed trees, At once with glowing fruit and flowers crowned.

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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
Trees
Golden
Fruit
Blossomed
Flower
Crowned
Tree
Glowing
Full
Underneath
Come
Bees
Flowers

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