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One lamp — thy mother’s love — amid the stars Shall lift its pure flame changeless, and before The throne of God, burn through eternity - Holy — as it was lit and lent thee here.
Nathaniel Parker Willis
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Nathaniel Parker Willis
Age: 61 †
Born: 1806
Born: January 20
Died: 1867
Died: January 20
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I knelt, and with the fervor of a lip unused to the cool breath of reason, told my love.
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Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners.
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Maturity is most rapid in the low latitudes, where pineapples and women most do thrive.
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The children of the poor are so apt to look as if the rich would have been over-blest with such! Alas for the angel capabilities, interrupted so soon with care, and with after life so sadly unfulfilled.
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Nature has thrown a veil of modest beauty over maidenhood and moss-roses.
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The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.
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