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William Johnson Cory Quotes

English educator and poet (1823-1892)

William Johnson Cory (9 January 1823 – 11 June 1892) was a British educator and poet.

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Alternative Names: William Johnson

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Still are thy pleasant voices, thy nightingales, awake;
For Death, he taketh all away, but them he cannot take.

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They told me, Heraclitus, they told me you were dead,
They brought me bitter news to hear and bitter tears to shed.

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