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 | | Among the latter is a poem entitled The Childrens Hour, which affords a glance into the home life of the widowed poet, who had been left with five childrentwo sons, Ernest and Charles, and three daughters, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. |
 | | He was never too busy to see a caller, to answer a letter, or to assist, by word or deed, any one that needed assistance. |
 | | His courtesy to all visitors, even to strangers and children who called to look at him, or who, not venturing to call, hung about his garden-gate in order to catch a glimpse of him, was almost a marvel. |
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