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“The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom; And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Last Leaf.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 257fdff000c1384d3e07089f78facd180b15ebc5f932f9db58c6bf3b3a1a8c64
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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