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The New World's sons from England's breast we drew Such milk as bids remember whence we came, Proud of her past wherefrom our future grew, This window we inscribe with Raleigh's fame.

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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
Fame
Drew
Proud
Breast
Grew
Sons
Came
Breasts
Future
Milk
Inscribe
Past
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Raleigh
Remember
Window
Bids
World
England
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