“O Time! whose verdicts mock our own,
The only righteous judge art thou!”

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American writer 1819–1892

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“O Time! whose verdicts mock our own,The only righteous judge art thou!”

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“O Time! whose verdicts mock our own,
The only righteous judge art thou!”