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1735–1779 England

John Langhorne (March 1735 – 1 April 1779) was an English poet and clergyman, best known for his work on translating Plutarch's Lives.

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Also known as: John Langhorne, Langhorne, John

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Cold on Canadian hills or Minden’s plain,
Perhaps that parent mourned her soldier slain;
Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew,
The big drops mingling with the milk he drew
Gave the sad presage of his future years,—
The child of misery, baptized in tears.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Langhorne (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.