“'Twas ever thus from childhood's hour! My fondest hopes would not decay: I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away.”

Charles Stuart Calverley

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About Charles Stuart Calverley

Poet British

Charles Stuart Calverley was an English poet and wit, celebrated for his humorous and parodic verse. Educated at Harrow, Balliol College, Oxford, and Christ's College, Cambridge, he was a brilliant classicist and...

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