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George Henry Boker was an American poet, playwright, and diplomat.

✵ 6. October 1823 – 2. January 1890
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George Henry Boker Quotes

“Love is that orbit of the restless soul
Whose circle grazes the confines of space,
Bounding within the limits of its race
Utmost extremes.”

George Henry Boker

Sequence on Profane Love (posthumously published, 1927).

“"Freedom!" their battle-cry,—
"Freedom! or leave to die!"”

George Henry Boker

The Black Regiment.

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