"How oft in schoolboy-days, from the school's sway Have I run forth to Nature as to a friend, β 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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"How oft in schoolboy-days" lines 1β6, Poems, 1860
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Frederick Goddard Tuckerman
Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (February 4, 1821 β May 9, 1873) was an American poet. He gave up a law practice to pursue studies in astronomy, botany, and literature. He was recognized as an authority on local flora.
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