Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 57
f earthA youth to fortune and to fame unknown; Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth,And Melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere—Heaven did a recompense as largely send; He gave to misery (all he had) a tear. He gained from heaven (twas all he wished) a…
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