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Live that thy young and glowing breast Can think of death without a sigh, And be assured that life is best Which finds us least afraid to die.
Live that thy young and glowing breast Can think of death without a sigh, And be assured that life is best Which finds us least afraid to die.
Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
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- Eliza Cook
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- Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
documented author birth year (1817)
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 702 · printed citation: Eliza Cook · subject: YOUTH
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