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Thomas Dunn English was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the state's 6th congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1891 to 1895. He was also a published author and songwriter, who had a bitter feud with Edgar Allan Poe. Along with Waitman T. Barbe and Danske Dandridge, English was considered a major West Virginia poet of the late 19th century. Wikipedia  

✵ 29. June 1819 – 1. April 1902
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Famous Thomas Dunn English Quotes

“Don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt?
Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown;
Who wept with delight when you gave her a smile,
And trembled with fear at your frown!”

Thomas Dunn English Ben Bolt

Ben Bolt, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Your eyes were filled with love, Kate Vane;
Ah, would that we were young again!”

Thomas Dunn English

Kate Vane, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“That was a day of delight and wonder.
While lying the shade of the maple trees under—
He felt the soft breeze at its frolicksome play;
He smelled the sweet odor of newly mown hay.”

Thomas Dunn English

Under the Trees, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 494.

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