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TO DR. THOMAS SHEARER; PRESENTING PORTRAIT-BUST OF AUTHOR by SIDNEY LANIER

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First Line: SINCE YOU, RARE FRIEND! HAVE TIED MY LIVING TONGUE
Last Line: BALTIMORE, 1880.
SINCE you, rare friend! have tied my living tongue
With thanks more large than man e'er said or sung,
So let the dumbness of this image be
My eloquence, and still interpret me.
BALTIMORE, 1880.



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