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DIED AUGUST 18, 1896; AGED 24
In a fair valley -- oh, how long ago, how long ago! -- Where all the broad expanse was clothed in vines, And fruitful fields and meadows starred with flowers, And clear streams wandered at their idle will; And still lakes slept, their burnished surfaces A dream of painted clouds, and soft airs Went whispering with odorous breath, And all was peace -- in that fair vale, Shut from the troubled world, a nameless hamlet drowsed.