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Frederick Goddard Tuckerman Quotes

d. 1873 United States

Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (February 4, 1821 – May 9, 1873) was an American poet. He gave up a law practice to pursue studies in astronomy, botany, and literature.

United States
19th-century poets
Poets

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How oft in schoolboy-days, from the school's sway
Have I run forth to Nature as to a friend, —
With some pretext of o'erwrought sight, to spend
My school-time in green meadows far away!
Careless of summoning bell, or clocks that strike,
I marked with flowers the minutes of my day.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.