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What is lovely never dies, but passes into other loveliness, Star-dust, or sea-foam, flower or winged air.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Age: 70 †
Born: 1836
Born: November 2
Died: 1907
Died: March 19
Editor
Journalist
Novelist
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Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Flower
Loveliness
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Beauty
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Stars
Dust
Dies
Lovely
Beautiful
Star
Never
Sea
Winged
Love
Air
Foam

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