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Love lives on, and hath a power to bless when they who loved are hidden in the grave.

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
Love
Hath
Grave
Bless
Graves
Hidden
Loved
Lives
Power

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