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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Edmund Clarene Stedman 1833-1908 John Bartlett

 
1
          I dare aver
He is a brave discoverer
Of climes his elders do not know.
He has more learning than appears
On the scroll of twice three thousand years.
          The Discoverer.
2
    Crops failed; wealth took a flight; house, treasure, land,
  Slipped from my hold—thus plenty comes and goes.
One friend I had, but he too loosed his hand
  (Or was it I?) the year I met with Rose.
          The World well lost.
3
    Give me to die unwitting of the day,
And stricken in Life’s brave heat, with senses clear!
          Mors Benefica.