"The laurel-tree grew large and strong, Its roots went searching deeply down; It split the marble walls of Wrong, And blossomed o'er the Despot's crown."
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The Laurel Seed; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 439.
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Richard Henry Horne
Richard Henry Horne (later Richard Hengist Horne) (January 1, 1803 – March 13, 1884) was an English poet and critic.
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