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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Ceil Franes Alexander 1818-1895 John Bartlett

 
1
    By Nebo’s lonely mountain,
  On this side Jordan’s wave,
In a vale in the land of Moab,
  There lies a lonely grave.
          The Burial of Moses.
2
    This was the truest warrior
  That ever buckled sword;
This the most gifted poet
  That ever breathed a word;
And never earth’s philosopher
  Traced with his golden pen
On the deathless page truths half so sage
  As he wrote down for men.
          The Burial of Moses.