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

Franis Turner Palgrave 1824-1897 John Bartlett

 
1
    Time’s corrosive dewdrop eats
  The giant warrior to a crust
  Of earth in earth and rust in rust.
          A Danish Barrow.
2
      Let the children play
  And sit like flowers upon thy grave
  And crown with flowers,—that hardly have
A briefer blooming-tide than they.
          A Danish Barrow.