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Winds wanders, and dews drip earthward Rains fall, suns rise and set Earth whirls, and all but to prosper A poor little violet.

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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
Earth
Winds
Dews
Littles
Wander
Drip
Little
Rise
Wanders
Rain
Suns
Sun
Rains
Wind
Prosper
Poor
Dew
Fall
Violet
Whirls

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