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BIRTHDAY MOTTOES: 5, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Birthday blessings, fullest, sweetest
Last Line: Gild thy natal day!
Subject(s): Birthdays


BIRTHDAY blessings, fullest, sweetest,
Fall on thee to-day!
Earthly pleasure, fairest, fleetest,
Will not, cannot stay;
But the true and heavenly treasure
Cannot pass away:
May its richest, grandest measure
Gild thy natal day!





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