"A gray eye is a sly eye, And roguish is a brown one; Turn full upon me thy eye,— Ah, how its wavelets drown one! A blue eye is a true eye; Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark-sun! A black eye is the best one."
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AbolitionistsUnitarians from the United StatesPoets from MassachusettsTheologians from Massachusetts
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William R. Alger
William Rounseville Alger (December 28, 1822 – February 7, 1905) was an American Unitarian minister, author, poet, hymnist, editor, and abolitionist. He also served as Chaplain of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. His works included The Poetry of the East (1856) and A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life (1860).
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