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That love for one, from which there doth not spring Wide love for all, is but a worthless thing.
James Russell Lowell
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James Russell Lowell
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 22
Died: 1891
Died: August 12
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Cambridge
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What means this glory round our feet, The Magi mused, more bright than morn! And voices chanted clear and sweet, To-day the Prince of Peace is born.
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A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes.
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