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The quiet tenderness of Chaucer, where you almost seem to hear the hot tears falling, and the simple choking words sobbed out.

James Russell Lowell

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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
Hear
Choking
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Choke
Simple
Tenderness
Words
Hot
Fall
Falling
Seems
Tears
Quiet
Sobbed
Seem
Chaucer

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