| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 7408 |
| AUTHOR: | Walt Whitman (18191892) |
| QUOTATION: | When lilacs last in the door-yard bloomed, And the great star early drooped in the western sky in the night, I mourned, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Memories of President Lincoln. 1. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Walt Whitman Collection. |
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