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Title
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Guardian, The
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First Line
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Bird of the folded wing
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Bibliographic Citation
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George S. Burleigh Papers, 1825-1902. John Hay Library, Brown University. Miscellaneous Manuscripts. "G" file
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Date
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1850
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Subject
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Childhood
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Infancy
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Comments
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Precise date of August 1850
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In one of the beautiful long-hand and decorated settings, in the Miscellaneous Manuscripts
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Possibly co-written with his wife Ruth. The "Me" for the first verse and "She" for the second implies that the "She" is the Angel, but not decisively.
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Written about the first child of George and Ruth, Lily
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Lillian Burleigh
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Rating
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★★★
George Shepard Burleigh
The Guardian