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“Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I 've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower But 't was the first to fade away. I never nurs'd a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me, it was sure to die.”
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- Source:
- The Fire-Worshippers.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 9f80e3092cedb8f96d25335bc15edffc5476ea4d2e6a244817445b6ad819dcb4
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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