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

Bayard Taylor 1825-1878 John Bartlett

 
1
          Till the sun grows cold,
      And the stars are old,
And the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold.
          Bedouin Song.
2
    They sang of love, and not of fame;
  Forgot was Britain’s glory;
Each heart recalled a different name,
  But all sang Annie Lawrie.
          The Song of the Camp.
3
    The bravest are the tenderest,—
The loving are the daring.
          The Song of the Camp.
4
    Shelved round us lie
The mummied authors.
          The Poet’s Journal. Third Evening.