"The scene was more beautiful far to the eye Than if day in its pride had arrayed it."
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Paul Moon James
1780 – 1854
Paul Moon James (1780–1854) was a successful English banker, as well as a poet, and lawyer, who also served for a time as magistrate of Worcestershire and later as High Bailiff of Birmingham, England.
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