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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:6240
AUTHOR:Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
QUOTATION:Earth laughs in flowers to see her boastful boys
Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs;
Who steer the plough, but can not steer their feet
Clear of the grave.
ATTRIBUTION:Hamatreya.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 

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